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Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse All eyes will be on the skies for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbard archipelago and Faroe Islands.

20 March 2015

Partial solar eclipse sweeps across North America A partial solar eclipse swept across much of North America, triggering floods of blurry pictures of a crescent-shaped sun on Twitter and other social media.

24 October 2014

Americas to get glimpse of total lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse, the first since December 2011, will take place Tuesday with the Americas best placed to get a glimpse.

15 April 2014

Eclipse hunters chase sun to tropical Australia It lasts for barely two minutes, but the chance to witness the eerie spectacle of day turning briefly to night in a solar eclipse has brought thousands of shadow chasers to Australia.

13 November 2012

ECB brings out its 'bazooka' to save euro The European Central Bank announced a massive sovereign bond buy up Thursday, brushing aside German opposition to unleash a so-called "big bazooka" against the debt crisis.

07 September 2012

Kazakhstan residents witnessed full lunar eclipse on December 10 Kazakhstan residents could see a rare astronomic event, full lunar eclipse on December 10.

12 December 2011