ISRO payload aces its performance check with observation of supernova remnantISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation, announced on Thursday that a payload on its recently-launched mission has successfully captur...
XPoSat captures first light from supernova remnantLaunched on January 1, XPoSat carries two co-aligned instruments, POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) and X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timin...
Perseid Meteor Shower: How to be best prepared to watch the celestial display? Here’s your last-minute guideThe Perseid meteor shower is an annual astronomical event that occurs when the Earth passes through the debris left behind by Comet 109P/Sw...
James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen details of 'Green Monster'The James Webb Space Telescope has managed to capture details of Cassiopeia and "Green Monster"
Time to gaze at more contemporary starsThe younger generation, both sets of names may seem equally anachronistic, so the recent initiative by Nasa while putting together a new ma...
Hubble spots super-hot star 'inflating' giant bubbleThe Hubble was launched into the Earth orbit by the STS-31 space shuttle crew on April 24, 1990.
Three super-Earths found 21 light years from EarthThe transiting super-Earth has a density similar to the Earth's. It is by far the closest transiting planet known today, researchers said.