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Saturday’s lunar eclipse is a blood moon. The moon on this day will gradually wander into earth’s shadow and the shadow will completely cover the moon and block all its light. The phenomenon will create a total eclipse making the moon to glow red.

The total eclipse will only be visible to people living in the western half of the United States and to people in the Pacific, East Asia, and Oceania. The eclipse will start at 4.58 am Pacific and will last for just five minutes.

On the East Coast, the sun would have risen by that time making the blood moon to be invisible. But then also, Easterners could wake up before sunrise and have a slight look of the partial eclipse started at around 6.16 am.

It is hard to believe that it was a quarter century ago when NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was launched. There is no denying the fact that the telescope has transformed our collective consciousness.

People across the globe have seen pictures from the world's biggest telephoto camera in space. With the help of it, they have been able to enjoy the universe’s surprising beauty, understanding the importance of the universe.

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center with the telescope and deployed the telescope to its 345 mile high orbit and till now, it is present there.

Pinterest, the web and mobile application company, last week celebrated its fifth anniversary. In its short five years of life so far, Pinterest has become a hub where the brides-to-be create their wish boards and do-it-yourself home renovators bookmark shiny turquoise tiles for bathrooms.

The website has offered a new way of searching for items. Users can upload, save, sort, and manage images, known as pins, including other media content.

It acts as a personalized media platform, where users can browse the content of others on the main page.

The San Francisco-based venture capital was recently valued at $11 billion. Although the websites core audience has always been female, but Pinterest says its popularity is growing faster than ever among men.

It has been reported that a federal appeal court on Friday has denied US attorney Preet Bharara’s request to reconsider its 10 December decision throwing out guilty verdicts of two fund managers.

The ruling made it harder for the US government to win insider-trading cases survived a challenge by Bharara.

The court’s judgment placed some of the Manhattan prosecutor’s biggest victories, including the conviction of SAC Capital Advisors LP’s Michael Steinberg and at least nine others, in jeopardy.

Majorly, Bharara’s years of pursuing insider traders has now set a precedent making such cases more difficult for his successors.

There are chances that Bharara might still ask the US Supreme Court to review the appeal in a long-shot bid to salvage the convictions.

In a customer survey done by Consumer Reports, Wegmans has been voted the number 1 most popular super-market from where the Americans purchase their food. Wegmans has won top marks for freshness, baked goods, and overall shopping experience.

Wegmans won this title after beating the local favorites, including Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. On the list, Joe’s stood at number 3 spot, whereas Whole Foods shockingly landed at the 15th spot on the list. Whole Foods ranked even behind the cut-rate chain Aldi and bulk store Costco.

The magazine’s research was done with around 63,000 of its readers regarding their personal shopping habits and preferences.

On Friday, the White House announced that the US Division of Power will have to train 75,000 men and women, who will work in the solar energy market by 2020. The plan is a part of ways to combat climate change.

The announcement has come at a time when the solar market in America is booming. Between 2013 and 2014, additional 30,000 jobs have been added to the total workforce. It is said that this year, additional 36,000 solar jobs will be added.

This week, the Obama administration announced a target to curb greenhouse gas emissions across the nation by up to 28% lower than 2005 levels within a decade. The administration has also announced that the solar energy business will be strengthened.