Tag: Sun
17 Results
-
Thousands watch in awe as sky turns dark in South America during total solar eclipse
The next solar eclipse, although not a total eclipse, is set to happen on December 26, 2019 and will be visible in the Middle East, including Qatar.
July 3, 2019 -
When is Surya Grahan 2019? Check out Solar Eclipse dates, estimated timing in 2019
The upcoming eclipse is going to be the only total solar eclipse that will occur this year.
June 27, 2019 -
Black hole image captured for very first time in history
The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun.
April 10, 2019 -
Soak up winter sunlight wisely to be hale and hearty
Spending a little time basking in the sun is a blissful therapy.
November 29, 2018 -
Galileo’s damage control
The scientist considered prudence the better part of valour while dealing with Papal orthodoxy.
September 26, 2018 -
Why won’t NASA’s Parker Solar Probe melt?
With NASA launching a historic Parker Solar Probe deeper into the solar atmosphere than any mission before it, the question arises: Why won't it melt?
August 13, 2018 -
Missed the lunar eclipse? Find out when is the next
There’s more to this week, celestially, than the longest lunar eclipse of the century!
July 28, 2018 -
Complete lunar eclipse begins, the longest of this century
The total eclipse lasts 1 hour and 43 minutes, with the entire event lasting closer to four hours.
July 28, 2018 -
Parker Solar Probe | All you want to know about NASA Sun mission
Named after physicist Eugene Parker, who published a groundbreaking paper on solar winds in 1958, the probe is expected to be launched on August 11, 2018.
July 23, 2018 -
Parker Solar Probe | NASA set for August launch of its sun mission
Media invited on 13 July to view the spacecraft that has been designed to touch the sun.
July 11, 2018 -
Unexpected astro laboratory
The internal combustion engines of automobiles are helping scientists understand the cosmos better
April 11, 2018 -
Tips to have fun in the sun
Summer can be fun when one knows how to take good care of the skin and hair the right way because staying indoors is not always possible.
April 10, 2018 -
A place in the sun
The Supreme Court of India has been at the centre of national debate for many unprecedented reasons in the last one year. Among them, the Apex Court’s approach towards ensuring gender justice has been a major one and widely appreciated. For instance, in less than a year we have seen the Supreme Court’s decision empowering …
Continue reading "A place in the sun"
March 8, 2018 -
Slowing down
The smallest celestial objects sometimes change their state of orbit or spin. The night sky has been long regarded as unchanging and even planets, the objects that move, are remarkably regular in their motion. We do know that the Earth has been gradually slowing in its rate of spin and gently closing in towards the …
Continue reading "Slowing down"
January 23, 2018 -
New star may help decode Sun’s effect on Earth’s climate
Scientists have found a star that is almost identical to the Sun, except for the chemical composition, making it a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for the study of the solar body’s variability and effect on the Earth’s climate. The spots on the surface of the Sun come and go with an 11-year periodicity known as the solar …
Continue reading "New star may help decode Sun’s effect on Earth’s climate"
January 9, 2018 -
Sun-like stars calm down after turbulent youth
Sun-like stars and their less massive cousins calm down surprisingly quickly after a turbulent youth, making the atmosphere more suitable for evolution of life, says a new study. The researchers used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton to see how the X-ray brightness of stars similar to the Sun behaves …
Continue reading "Sun-like stars calm down after turbulent youth"
September 7, 2017 -
Scientists to capture sunspot images during solar eclipse
During the upcoming total solar eclipse on August 21, a team of solar physicists are planning to capture high-resolution sunspots — the visible concentrations of magnetic fields on the Sun’s surface — at microwave radio wavelengths. Sunspots are the primary generator of solar flares, the sudden, powerful blasts of electromagnetic radiation and charged particles that …
Continue reading "Scientists to capture sunspot images during solar eclipse"
August 19, 2017