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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

The liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo ship, is planned for 12:31 pm (1631 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Representational image)

SpaceX to transport super-computer to space for deep-space missions

The super-computer will direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.

14 Aug 2017 7:54 AM

The partial eclipse will end at 12:48 am, while the penumbral eclipse will end at 2:20 am on August 8. (represenational image0

Rains, overcast sky mar lunar eclipse viewing in capital

The penumbral part of the lunar eclipse, which is difficult to discern, began at 9:20 pm.

08 Aug 2017 7:42 AM

Researchers David Kipping and Alex Teachey of Columbia University have now found the first evidence for an exomoon candidate named Kepler 1625b i.

First exomoon may have been discovered

A second, smaller dip that appears ahead of or behind the planet could reveal a moon.

28 Jul 2017 9:09 PM

Scientists have found evidence of widespread water in the Moon's interior. (Photo: AFP)

Moon may have water trapped under its surface: study

The Moon may have huge reservoirs of water trapped under the surface in the form of volcanic 'glass beads'.

27 Jul 2017 8:58 AM

Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists

The Moon, long thought to be a dry, inhospitable orb, hosts surprisingly large sub-surface water reserves.

25 Jul 2017 7:47 AM

The Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return Bag, used by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11 to bring back the very first pieces of the moon ever collected, is displayed during a media preview for Space Exploration auction in New York. (Photo: AFP)

Neil Armstrong's moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York

The bag fell short of Sotheby's pre-sale estimate of $2-4 million.

21 Jul 2017 8:23 AM

They're just some of the items linked to space travel that Sotheby's is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20.

Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong to be sold at auction

The lunar dust that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million.

13 Jul 2017 7:15 PM

FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints. Moon dust collected by Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction. The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. They’re just some of the items linked to space travel that Sotheby’s is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20. (AP Photo, File)

Neil Armstrong’s moon dust collection to be auctioned

Dust and tiny rocks that famed astronaut collected are worth an estimated $2million to $4million.

13 Jul 2017 1:21 PM

Mount Etna, in Sicily, is a test bed for the approximately three-foot high, four-wheeled machine ahead of a future mission to the moon. (Photo: screengrab)

Lunar robots put to the test on Europe's most active volcano

A robot wheels across a rocky, windswept landscape that looks like the surface of some distant planet from a science fiction film.

05 Jul 2017 7:54 AM

Tokyo hopes that contributing to the multinational mission and sharing Japanese technology will land it a coveted spot at the station, from which it could eventually send an astronaut to the Moon, the spokeswoman said.

Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030

This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station.

30 Jun 2017 4:16 PM

China is planning a manned mission to the Moon, and officials have announced that the preliminary preparations for the lunar landing have begun.

China plans to send mini-ecosystems to Moon

China is planning to send mini-ecosystems - containing potato seeds and silkworm eggs - to the Moon next year.

19 Jun 2017 7:52 AM

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