India investing billions of dollars in research ecosystem: PM ModiPrime Minister Modi highlighted India's significant investments in its research ecosystem and its commitment to international collaboration...
12 Aug, 2025, 07.11 PM IST
Jayant Narlikar: The man who sifted through stardustJayant Narlikar, a renowned Indian scientist, passed away. He was famous for his work in cosmology. Narlikar was also known for his science...
20 May, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
ISRO completes launch rehearsal of Aditya-L1 solar missionISRO has completed the launch rehearsal and internal checks for its Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft, scheduled to be lau...
30 Aug, 2023, 06.48 PM IST
Professor Somak Raychaudhury appointed Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka UniversityPramath Raj Sinha, Chairman, Board of Trustees, said “Professor Raychaudhury brings stellar academic stature and strong administrative expe...
10 Nov, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
The uGMRT confirms an unexpected event in millisecond pulsars - the cosmic clocksMillisecond pulsars are exotic objects in the sky and are used in efforts for detecting ultra-low frequency gravitational waves due to thei...
06 Sep, 2021, 03.53 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
Meet the Indian astrophysicists who discovered the Saraswati SuperclusterAmong the major challenges in working in this field in India is the lack of large-scale experimental facilities for scientists.
23 Jul, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Infosys Foundation announces Rs6.5 crore endowment to the Inter-University Center of Astronomy and AstrophysicsThe IUCAA is an autonomous institution set up by the UGC to promote the nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysic...
10 Nov, 2016, 01.49 PM IST
Jayant Narlikar gives analogy to know gravitational wave impactCongratulating the Indian scientists who formed a part of the international team, Naralikar said detection of the gravitational waves is a ...
12 Feb, 2016, 02.29 PM IST
Oldest stars in universe found near Milky Way centreAstronomers have discovered what they believe to be the oldest stars ever seen, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the un...
12 Nov, 2015, 01.03 PM IST
India joins space observatory owners club with copy book launchIndia on Monday joined a select group of nations owning space observatory with the successful launch of ASTROSAT by its rocket.
29 Sep, 2015, 02.41 AM 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
India's dedicated astronomy satellite ASTROSAT fully assembledASTROSAT, the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying distant celestial objects is now fully assembled, ISRO said.
19 May, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
One of the most distant planets discoveredA remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away has been discovered by scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
15 Apr, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Star leaving Milky Way at record speeds detected"It brings us a step closer to solving the type Ia puzzle," Dr Rubina Kotak, from the Astrophysics Centre at Queen's University Belfast, sa...
16 Mar, 2015, 01.54 PM IST
India to provide software, mirrors for largest-ever telescopeTMT will be located just below the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, at an elevation of 4,050 - half the size of Mt Everest.
14 Dec, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
- SRO to launch foreign satellite as primary payload first time
India for the first time will launch a foreign satellite -- an Italian one -- as a primary payload on a home-grown rocket, as space scienti...
25 Mar, 2007, 01.33 PM IST