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A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced.

Dzhungar Alatau glaciers can disappear by 2080 and Kazakhstan will be experiencing water shortages, said Doctor of Geographical Sciences Igor Severskiy.

A solar power plant SunPower Oasis C-7 has been presented in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

The first complete solar eclipse of the year is going to take place on March 20, 15 hours prior to the astronomical spring in the Northern hemisphere - equinox.

NASA has released a 40-second video that captured a grand coronal mass ejection from the surface of the Sun at the speed of 1.5 million miles per hour (2.4 kilometers per hour).

Astronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.

"The sun could be yours," the Spanish government promised in 2007, encouraging citizens to invest in solar power. Many who did now wish they could give it back.

Residents of Atyrau observed an extraordinary natural phenomenon this week – three suns in the sky.

Comet ISON appears to have flown too close to the surface of the sun Thursday and vanished as it circled the fiery surface, astronomers said.

US astrophysicists are split over what will happen when the comet ISON passes near the sun Thursday, but a majority think it will break apart.

The US space agency launched a satellite late Thursday to unlock the secrets of the Sun's lower atmosphere.

Astana citizen and inventor Valeriy Kulichenko suggested to put up an artificial sun above Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.