NASA and AstroSat capture explosive eruptions from stellar remnants near massive black holeAn international team of astronomers, including experts from Pune’s IUCAA, has made significant strides in understanding black hole-star dy...
11 Oct, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
AstroSat, Nasa capture black hole eruption stillsIndia's AstroSat and NASA's observatories have recorded dramatic eruptions from stellar debris around a massive black hole, providing astro...
10 Oct, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
India's AstroSat and NASA's Space observatories capture dramatic eruptions from stellar wreckage around a massive black holeIndian and American astronomers have observed a rare event where a massive black hole is tearing apart a star and using the debris to pumme...
10 Oct, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
Isro’s XPoSat to lift off today to study X-rays' sourcesThe satellite will seek to understand the sources of x-rays and study blackholes. The satellite is set for launch on board the Polar Satell...
01 Jan, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
ISRO's AstroSat detects over 600 gamma-ray bursts over 8 yearsIndia's AstroSat space telescope has detected over 600 Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB), marking the death of a massive star or merging of neutron sta...
28 Nov, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
India's PSLV-XL rocket has close links with Moon, Mars and the SunNearly 15 years after its first flight and on its 25th mission, the rocket code named PSLV-C57 is being used for another interplanetary mis...
02 Sep, 2023, 11.01 AM IST
Sankarasubramanian named Principal Scientist of ISRO's Aditya-L1 mission"The spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the first Lagrange point, L1, of the Sun-Earth system," the Bengaluru-headquartered n...
20 Oct, 2022, 03.07 PM IST
Indian, US satellites find black hole that spins near maximum possible ratesRelatively smaller black holes are exotic end states of massive stellar cores, said astronomers led by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Re...
01 Nov, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
ISRO plans to launch India’s second space observatoryThe AstroSat-2 mission, which will help in observing distant celestial bodies, is meant to further the study of astronomy and astrophysics.
19 Feb, 2018, 11.42 AM IST
- Indian telescope measures star in Taurus constellation
Bengaluru, Nov 7 (IANS) India's multi-wavelength space telescope AstroSat had measured the X-ray polarisation of the Crab pulsar (star) in ...
07 Nov, 2017, 01.32 AM IST
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's origin
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
17 Oct, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble jointly detect massive cosmic explosion
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Three space-based observatories Astrosat, Chandra, Hubble Space Telescope and a ground-based observatory HARPS have ...
19 Jul, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
Access to space observatory from October: ISROISRO in collaboration with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, has set up an Astrosat Support Cell.
21 May, 2016, 03.38 PM IST
DMK chief praises ISRO for successful launch of ASTROSATDMK President M Karunanidhi today congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation for the successful launch of ASTROSAT.
29 Sep, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
PSLV-C30 successfully launches ASTROSAT into the orbitA rocket, carrying seven satellites, including India's first space observatory, blasted off from Sriharikota.
28 Sep, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
ASTROSAT, India's first astronomical mission, set for September 28 launch"The satellite is scheduled for launch on board the launch vehicle PSLV C-30, on Sept 28 morning 10 am," Director, Public Relations, ISRO t...
16 Sep, 2015, 05.46 PM IST
ISRO Satellite Centre transports ASTROSAT to SriharikotaASTROSAT has been transported to the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh for expected launch in September.
20 Aug, 2015, 04.11 PM IST