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The June 15 lunar eclipse is a positive omen in Beantown.

The solar eclipse today may have already meant bad tidings for grounded Australian airport shut-ins

Tonight, north American's will have trouble seeing the year's first lunar Eclipse. But Google has come to the rescue.

Today, all across the Eastern (and parts of the Western) Hemisphere, sky gazers will be treated to a rare and beautiful sight, a total lunar eclipse.

Wednesday's rare total lunar eclipse promises to be 100 minutes long. The full event can be seen from from the eastern half of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and western Australia.

Moon will appear changing color from brilliant silver to between bright orange and blood red during the eclipse, NASA said in a statement. Find out why.

Everybody is gearing up for a date with a moon that will turn scarlet in the shadow of Earth. You are lucky if you manage to be in Africa, Central Asia, South America, Europe, Australia or Philippines because you will be the ones to witness total lunar eclipse.

The first total lunar eclipse in 2011 will take place on Wednesday, which is one of the longest eclipses of the moon and will last just over 100 minutes, the duration of which rivals only three other eclipses in the last 100 years.

As we expectantly wait for tomorrow's longest lunar eclipse of 11 years, those of us in the U.S. and Canada may have given up on the rare orange glow of the full moon. But here is the good news - thanks to modern technology, we will be given the privilege to watch it from home (or office) on the internet.

A total lunar eclipse on Wednesday is expected to last 100 minutes, according to NASA. An eclipse of that length is extremely rare because it takes a precise alignment of the earth and the moon to block the sunlight for that long.

This coming Wednesday, most regions of the earth are expected to experience the longest total lunar eclipse since July 2000.

The first total lunar eclipse in 2011 will take place on Wednesday, June 15, which is one of the longest eclipses of the moon and will last just over 100 minutes.

The MTV movie awards , packed with exclusive film chip premieres and fresh faced favourite stars is more like a drinking game for celebrities.

Food, not oil, may prove to be the bigger threat to global growth, with the pain falling disproportionately upon the developing economies that powered the latest economic recovery.

Moon takes a bite out of the Sun, as the colloquial saying goes, during the start of the year 2011. This year's first partial solar eclipse will be seen on Tuesday, in view from much of Europe, North Africa and central Asia.

Adding to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's private fleet of luxury yachts is the new 'gigayacht' Eclipse, which is regarded as the world's most expensive private yacht.

A set of NASA images from the rover Opportunity have been used to make a film of an eclipse as seen from Mars.

A lunar eclipse is set to appear for skywatchers in North and Central America around 2:00 am on Dec 21.

Robust U.S. company earnings and surprisingly vigorous euro zone economic data generally trumped investor skepticism about European bank stress tests on Monday to lift global stocks and bolster the euro against the dollar

Robust U.S. company earnings and surprisingly vigorous euro zone economic data generally trumped investor skepticism about European bank stress tests on Monday to lift global stocks and bolster the euro against the dollar

Large commercial airplane orders stole the show at the Farnborough Airshow on Tuesday, as Airbus raised its orders guidance for the year with the help of a resurgent leasing industry.