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  From - Sky & Telescope  By- Bob King Edited by - Amal Udawatta    Sky & Telescope  Consulting Editor Gary Seronik captured this triptych portrait of the January 2019 total lunar eclipse. After more than two years, the Americas score a lunar eclipse bullseye. It's been more than two years since observers in the Americas witnessed a total lunar eclipse. The wait ends Thursday night / Friday morning, March 13–14, when the full Moon slips back into Earth's shadow for 66 glorious and colorful minutes. All of totality and most of the partial phases will be visible throughout the Western Hemisphere. In the continental U.S., totality happens late at night, beginning at 11:26 p.m. for the West Coast and 2:26 a.m. for the East. While no optical aid is needed to observe the eclipse, be sure to set your alarm so you don't miss it! Those in North and South America have ringside seats for the total lunar eclipse on March 13–14, 2025. Leah Tiscione / Sky & Telesc...

  From - BBC World News  By -  Armen Nersessian  Edited by - Amal Udawatta Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images The collection includes Jackson Pollock's Mural On Indian Red Ground It has been dubbed one of the world's rarest treasure troves of art but few people outside its host country know about it. For decades, masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock have been kept in the basement of a museum in Iran's capital Tehran, shrouded in mystery. According to estimates in 2018, the collection is worth  as much as $3bn . Only a small portion of the work has been exhibited since the 1979 Iranian Revolution but in recent years, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art has been showcasing some of its most captivating pieces. The Eye to Eye exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened in October 2024, was extended twice due to overwhelming public demand, running until January 2025. The display was widely regard...