News About Solar and Lunar Eclipses 10-MAR-10 en-us Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) Jan 15, 2010 - A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk plunged millions of people in Africa and Asia into an eerie semi-darkness on Friday.]]> New Delhi, India (PTI) Jan 18, 2010 - The millennium's longest solar eclipse gave a unique chance to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists and astronomy lovers to study the event on Friday, with the space agency launching rockets and celestial gazers aiming telescopes at the sky to watch the moon's shadow covering the sun.]]> Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 14, 2010 - The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here, an unit of ISRO, has made elaborate arrangements including launch of sounding rockets to gather data for a comprehensive analysis of the annular solar eclipse, which will occur on January 15.]]> Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week.]]> Shanghai (AFP) July 22, 2009 - Peering up through black protective glasses at an overcast sky, Glenn Evans let out an excited cry as the barely visible sun began to disappear completely behind the moon.]]> Nanjing, China (XNA) Jul 22, 2009 - Chinese scientists are striving to capture a 40-minute sequence of images of the corona of a solar eclipse along its path across China on Wednesday in a bid to understand the sun's outer atmosphere.]]> New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2009 - India's air force will scramble a fighter jet and a transport plane filled with scientists to photograph and monitor Wednesday's total solar eclipse as it races across the country.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2009 - Whenever we think of a country's contribution to astronomy, we first tend to consider its most ancient roots. With Chinese astronomy, those roots go back far longer than any other modern culture.]]> Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 21, 2009 - One one-thousand, 2 one-thousand, 3 one-thousand, 4 one-thousand...Continue counting and don't stop until you reach 399 one-thousand. Did that feel like a long time? Six minutes and 39 seconds to be exact. That's the duration of this week's total solar eclipse--the longest of the 21st century.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2009 - Save the date Aug. 1, 2008, to watch a total eclipse of the sun. NASA Television will share this stunning visual treat with observers around the world in a live streaming webcast, thanks to a partnership with the University of California at Berkeley and the Exploratorium.]]>