Across the United States, Mexico and Canada, observers would get a feel of "day turning into night" during Total Solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. This is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs once in few years and attracts a huge amount of public enthusiasm, as day suddenly turns into night and the temperature dips, owing to sunlight being blocked.

India's Sun-study craft Aditya-L1 can 'create a 24/7 Total Solar Eclipse'

The astronomical phenomenon of solar eclipse held great importance in ancient societies, dating back to the Mayan civilisation. For Mayans, it was a bad omen which represented death and decay and to fight the evil, they indulged in bloodletting sacrifices.

Solar Eclipse: Mayans used to offer blood to 'dying' Sun god. Here's why

People in the US, Canada, and Mexico are waiting to witness the total solar eclipse on April 8. Though India's first space-based solar observatory, Aditya L1, is continuously studying the Sun. It won't be able to observe total solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipse 2024: Why Aditya L1 won't catch a glimpse of total solar eclipse

Scientists have conducted the inaugural outdoor trial of a technology designed to manipulate clouds and reflect sunlight back into space in order to potentially mitigate the Earth's increasing temperatures.

Scientists test cloud manipulation tech to combat rising temperatures by repelling sunlight

Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. The first flare is classified as an X1.8 flare. The second flare is classified as an X1.7 flare.

Why is our sun angry?

Two powerful solar flares from the sun on in the past two days occurred at the same time when widespread cell phone outages took place across the United States, raising questions if the two events were connected.

Twin solar flares led to cell phone outages across US? Science body NOAA says 'unlikely'

The most luminous object ever detected has been spied in the distant Universe. It's a Quasar - the bright core of a galaxy that is powered by a gargantuan black hole some 17 billion times the mass of our Sun. Watch in for more details!

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected; It eats one sun a a day

Black holes are galactic monsters seemingly gobbling everything in their path, they don't even let light escape from their gasp. Watch the video to know more about it.

Universe's brightest and hungriest black hole

This black hole eats a whole sun every day

One of the biggest stars of our solar system, the Sun, is set to undergo an epic transformation by flipping its magnetic poles. The phenomenon in which the Sun’s magnetic poles reverse their positions happens every 11 years or so.

Sun to flip its magnetic poles this year. What does it mean and how will it affect you

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun is the Holy Grail for humanity as it can potentially open doors to limitless energy. Scientists in the United Kingdom have taken a step towards the ultimate goal and have set a nuclear fusion record.

Clean energy: Scientists make new record in replicating solar process on Earth

For the first time on record, the earth has endured 12 months of temperatures that have breached the limit set by the Paris agreement. Europe's climate monitor C3S has confirmed that from February 2023 to January 2024, the world crossed the threshold of keeping global warming to under 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Global warming crosses 1.5°c limit for the last 12 months

In a rare breakthrough, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected two exoplanets orbiting two different dead stars or "white dwarfs." The exoplanets detected, not only resembled the gas giants - Jupiter and Saturn - present in our solar system but the white dwarfs also hinted at the destiny of the sun.

James Webb detects exoplanets orbiting dead stars. This hints after Sun's death our solar system will...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded AdityaL1's success and said that the success of mission Chandrayaan 3 and AdityaL1 are a testament to the capability of Indian scientists.

PM Modi lauds Aditya L1 success at brass meet, praises Navy for foiling hijack bid off Somalia coast

India will witness one of the most important celestial adventures, as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to inject Aditya-L1, the country’s maiden solar mission, into its final orbit, around 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth. Here is a look at the details of the project and its importance. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas | Aditya-L1 mission set for orbit insertion

Perihelion Day 2024: This year has just started and we are already set to observe the first astronomical event in January. Though January is packed with spectacular astronomical events, this event will mark the onset of galactic dance.

Perihelion Day 2024: When Earth is closest to the Sun | All you need to know about astronomical event

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to race past the sun at a godly speed of 195 km/s, or 435,000 mph on December 24, 2024. Till now, no human-made object has got so close to the surface of the Sun.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe plans to ‘touch the Sun’ in 2024

Aditya-L1, India's first mission to study the Sun, is set to conduct a complex manoeuvre that will insert it into the halo orbit around Lagrange Point 1 (L1) - considered to be the most significant of the Lagrangian points for observation of the Sun.

India's Aditya-L1 sun mission to conduct critical insertion into halo orbit

Researchers for the first time have simulated all stages of a runaway greenhouse effect and found that our green and blue planet will turn into an uninhabitable “hell” in the coming centuries.

It will be 'hell': Earth might turn into Venus some day, greenhouse effect simulation shows

Changes in space weather, especially powerful solar storms can cause transport havoc like train accidents, researchers from Lancaster University have concluded. According to experts, solar storms can trigger powerful magnetic disturbances on Earth, which can even lead to the flipping of red rail signals to green, posing great threats to railway infrastructure.

Solar storms can cause train accidents on Earth, researchers warn

Could a black hole be lurking inside our sun? Well if it does then what is its impact well our next report tells you what scientists make of this new interesting discovery on black holes.

There maybe small black hole inside some stars

Scientists have spotted a giant hole in the Sun. This coronal hole is unlike the ones previously spotted in the sun. For starters, the gap is located in the Sun's equator, not the poles. It also does not help that the hole has surfaced at a very usual phase in the Sun's activity cycle. What does this mean for us? Should earthlings be worried?

A hole in the sun: Should you be worried?

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday (Dec 8) shared the first-ever full disk images of the Sun in near ultraviolet wavelengths, captured by the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, launched earlier this year.

ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captures majestic pictures of sunspots

In what appears to be a new challenge for astronomers, a gigantic dark hole has been created on the surface of the sun and is releasing powerful streams of fast radiation, also called solar wind, right towards the Earth.

Monstrous dark hole in Sun releasing superfast solar wind towards Earth. Scientists warn...

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