- Astronomers Are Creating Fake Stars on Purpose, And the Reason Is Surprisingly Practical
Astronomers now create artificial stars using lasers to see the universe more clearly. These laser guide stars help telescopes correct atmo...
06 Mar, 2026, 05.12 PM IST
Fastest Jetstream Ever Measured on Exoplanet WASP-127bScientists have discovered the fastest atmospheric jet stream on exoplanet WASP-127b. Winds reach nearly 9 kilometers per second. This gas ...
10 Feb, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
Astronomers spot mysterious new planet circling Sun — a benchmark discovery for generationsAstronomers have captured the formation of a new gas giant, WISPIT 2b, orbiting a young Sun-like star 430 light-years away in Aquila. Compa...
28 Aug, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
Astronomers find the brightest object of known universe that eats 'just over a Sun per day', and its still growingAstronomers have discovered the brightest black hole in the known universe, named J0529-4351, using the European Southern Observatory’s Ver...
28 Aug, 2024, 02.34 PM IST
'Cannibal', 'zombie' star spotted. Know in detail about the startling discovery in space scienceWhat is a 'cannibal' star and why it is called so? The scientists at the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chil...
28 Feb, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
Neptune's mysterious dark spot revealed by Earth-based telescope for the first timeAstronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have made a groundbreaking discovery on Neptune. They have...
25 Aug, 2023, 06.32 PM IST
Google AI chatbot Bard offers inaccurate information in company adThe tech giant posted a short GIF video of Bard in action via Twitter, describing the chatbot as a "launchpad for curiosity" that would hel...
08 Feb, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
Demystifying the birth of Southern Ring Nebula through images from Webb telescopeThis was surprising to any astronomer who understands this type of nebula.
10 Dec, 2022, 06.24 PM IST
James Webb telescope captures stunning images of JupiterDe Pater headed the observations of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, with Thierry Fouchet of the Paris Observatory. The com...
24 Aug, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Cloudy with a chance of metal: Ultra-hot exoplanet where it rains iron observedThe giant exoplanet WASP-76b has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius - high enough to vaporise metals.
12 Mar, 2020, 05.04 PM IST
Chinese company under fire for claiming black hole 'copyright'The ESO has said Visual China Group has not made contact about the black hole image and it is illegal for it to claim copyright.
12 Apr, 2019, 12.36 PM IST
'Largest galaxy cluster in early universe found'Hyperion has a calculated mass more than one million billion times that of the Sun, making it the largest and most massive structure to be ...
18 Oct, 2018, 01.24 PM IST
Earth-sized planet that could host alien life foundThis Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of the Earth.
16 Nov, 2017, 12.33 PM IST
- Asteroid to pass by Earth on Thursday
Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) A small asteroid will safely pass by Earth on Thursday at a distance of approximately 42,000 kilometres, just abo...
11 Oct, 2017, 11.27 AM IST
- Chilean President inaugurates construction of world's largest telescope
Santiago, May 27 (IANS) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated the construction of the world's largest optical and infrared telesc...
27 May, 2017, 08.25 AM IST
- Stars born in winds from supermassive black holes spotted
London, March 28 (IANS) Astronomers have observed for the first time stars forming within powerful outflows of material blasted out from su...
28 Mar, 2017, 12.35 PM IST
- Brazilian astronomers discover 2 new planets
Brasilia, Nov 5 (IANS) A team of Brazilian astronomers has discovered two new planets around a star similar to the sun known as HIP 68468.
05 Nov, 2016, 12.05 PM IST