Top Movies Starring Solar Eclipses

Top Movies Starring Solar Eclipses

Although solar eclipses are a rare breed in movies when compared to shooting stars, full moons and huge asteroids, solar eclipse scenes can be found across a variety of genres. It is not just limited to science fiction. These genres range from drama, thrillers,...
5 Indian Lunar Eclipse Superstitions.

5 Indian Lunar Eclipse Superstitions.

Even in the 21st Century India, a Lunar Eclipse is seen as a bad omen. The disappearance of the Moon as a sign of danger and unending chaos. As one probes deeper into this area, one finds out the existence of ridiculous superstitions still believed in many parts of...
Important Do’s and Don’ts During an Eclipse.

Important Do’s and Don’ts During an Eclipse.

A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking all or a portion of the Sun. An eclipse can be total, partial, or annular. Similarly, a Lunar Eclipse takes place when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun, and the Earth’s...
Eclipse Harmful to Pregnant Women: Myth or Truth?

Eclipse Harmful to Pregnant Women: Myth or Truth?

To put it in layman’s terms, Eclipses are nothing but alignment of heavenly bodies in such a way that one heavenly body blocks or obscures the sight of the other heavenly body while passing. So, when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, obscuring the view of the...
How do Eclipses Work?

How do Eclipses Work?

Planets are constantly orbiting around in the space, that much is known to everyone. Now, when these planets align in such a manner that its shadow completely covers other planets, an eclipse takes place. To put it in Wikipedia’s language “An eclipse is an...
Myths behind lunar eclipse

Myths behind lunar eclipse

In a different era, when the scientific reasons behind lunar eclipse were not known, people had different interpretations on their own that wasn’t logical. Surprisingly, some of the superstitions are even believed to be true today. There are various superstitions and...
Solar eclipse festival

Solar eclipse festival

The Solar eclipse festival was celebrated on August 21, 2017 in the Continental Unites States of America. The festival was celebrated from the 19th of August till the 21st of August. The festival was celebrated to mark the celestial wonder- solar eclipse, for the...
What is a lunar eclipse?

What is a lunar eclipse?

A lunar eclipse is the phenomenon in nature that happens when the shadow of the earth blocks the light of the sun that gets reflected off the moon on other days. A lunar eclipse can happen in either of three types which may be total, partial or penumbral and the total...
What is a solar eclipse?

What is a solar eclipse?

One of the most rarely occurring events in nature are eclipses and a solar eclipse is one such phenomenon. The different types of solar eclipses can all be visualized differently from different areas. An eclipse of the sun happens only when the New moon comes in the...