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Here's how you can get Vitamin D in cold winter months

Lack of vitamin D can lead to deficiencies such as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

16 Oct 2017 3:20 PM

Researchers from Princeton University in the US confirmed that the widely separated pair about 350 light years from Earth are in fact a binary pair. They also observed Kronos' strikingly unusual chemical abundance pattern. (Image: NASA)

Scientists discover sun-like twin stars 350 light years from Earth

The twin star was named after Kronos' lesser-known brother Krios. Their official designations are HD 240430 and HD 240429.

14 Oct 2017 8:41 AM

SkyCool’s earlier prototype panel at the company’s headquarters in Burlingame, California.

New technology could reinvent air conditioning

A radiative cooling technology could help cut energy consumption by nearly 70 per cent.

18 Sep 2017 10:20 AM

The Northern Lights are a result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the Earth’s atmosphere. (Photo: Mark Tarello/Twitter)

Amazing Northern Light display illuminates Finnish sky

Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on Friday.

10 Sep 2017 10:21 AM

Solar storms result from an accumulation of magnetic energy in some places. (Photo: AFP)

NASA captures images of strong solar flares

Out of two solar falres emitted yesterday, the second recorded to be the 'most intense' since December 2018.

07 Sep 2017 3:27 PM

Phases of Monday's total solar eclipse as seen in Madras, Oregon, among the first places to experience the celestial phenomenon. (Photo: AFP)

Moon trolls sun on solar eclipse

Millions of people watched the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in the United States in nearly a century.

22 Aug 2017 8:11 AM

In Salem, a field outside the state fairgrounds was transformed into a campground in advance of an eclipse-watching party for 8,500, courtesy of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

Americans stake out prime viewing spots to see sun go dark

With 200 million people within a day's drive of Monday's path of totality, towns and parks braced for monumental crowds.

21 Aug 2017 3:19 PM

The team will later stitch the images to create a “megamovie” using an algorithm. (Photo: AFP)

Google stationed volunteers to creat 'megamovie' on Aug 21 solar eclipse

The solar eclipse will begin at Oregon coast (at 9.36 pm IST on Sunday) and end at the South Carolina coast (at 1.36 am IST on Tuesday).

21 Aug 2017 3:13 PM

A team of researchers from Montana State University has partnered with NASA to participate in the Space Grant Ballooning Project to send more than 50 high-altitude balloons 80,000 feet up to capture the solar eclipse as it crosses the country on Aug. 21. (representational image)

Solar eclipse to be streamed live for first time, from balloons

The eclipse shadow was expected to move at 2,000 miles per hour in Oregon and slow down to 1,500 miles per hour in South Carolina.

21 Aug 2017 8:25 AM

With 200 million people within a day's drive of the path of totality, towns and parks braced for monumental crowds.

Eclipse eve: Millions converge across US to see sun go dark

The Earth, moon and sun line up perfectly every one to three years, briefly turning day into night for a sliver of the planet.

21 Aug 2017 8:02 AM

Science Channel will broadcast its live coverage from Madras, Oregon, from noon.

How to watch solar eclipse on tv, online

If you can't witness the total solar eclipse in person, you can still see it online or via TV.

20 Aug 2017 9:12 AM

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, Poureal Long, a fourth grader at Clardy Elementary School in Kansas City, Mo., practices the proper use of eclipse glasses in anticipation of Monday's solar eclipse. Schools around the country preparing for the solar eclipse are reacting in a variety ways, with some using the event for a full day of science lessons and others closing to avoid the crush of crowds expected in their towns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Schools in eclipse's path seize on ready-made science lesson

The activities will include kindergartners using beads that react to ultraviolet light from the sun.

20 Aug 2017 8:11 AM

Wherever there's only a partial eclipse - you need to keep those solar specs on the whole time.

Wear solar specs or make a viewer to safely watch eclipse

There should be absolutely no peeking without glasses or certified filters.

20 Aug 2017 8:03 AM

The total eclipse will last up to 2 minutes and 40-plus seconds in places. (Photo: File)

What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusual

The last time a total solar eclipse swept the whole width of the US was in 1918.

19 Aug 2017 8:46 AM

Total solar eclipses happen on average every 18 months or so, but they usually aren't near easy-to-drive highways.

Chasing eclipses across the globe is a way of life for some

There's a small group of people who have experienced it all before and they can't get enough of it.

18 Aug 2017 9:23 AM

A graphic illustratng total solar eclipse to happen on August 21.

Facts about the US solar eclipse on August 21

This is the first eclipse to pass over the United States in the 21st century.

18 Aug 2017 8:39 AM

After the Sun formed, the solar wind likely slowed the rotation of the outer part of the Sun.

Sun's core rotates four times faster than its surface: study

The rotation of the solar core may give a clue to how the Sun formed.

02 Aug 2017 12:50 PM

Scientists dealt a blow Monday to the quest for organisms inhabiting worlds besides Earth, saying our planet was unusual in its ability to host liquid water -- the key ingredient for life. (Photo: AFP)

Other planets may never be as hospitable as Earth: study

It was thought likely that distant worlds orbiting stars similar to our Sun would go through water-rich phases.

01 Aug 2017 8:13 AM

The Aug. 21 solar eclipse, when passage of the moon completely blocks out the sun, will be seen first in Oregon and cut diagonally across 14 states to South Carolina.

Why you should not use your cellphone on Aug 21

Keep your phone in your pocket, put on your paper shades.

31 Jul 2017 9:42 AM

The entire United States will fall into shadow as a solar eclipse passes on August 21 (Photo: AFP)

Solar eclipse offers millions a chance at citizen science

NASA is reminding people to take eye safety precautions because it is never safe to look at the Sun during an eclipse.

22 Jul 2017 8:33 AM

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