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In 1989, the first space mission to understand positions, distances, motions, brightness and colors of stars was launched. Four years later, ESA's Hipparcos achieved its goals and ceased operations- Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu, who dropped out of engineering at 18 & loves Test cricket, is behind the 'Black Hole Star' discovery
- 'Not so fast': NASA shares a big update on 'end of the world' doomsday prediction
- NASA may have found fastest planetary system we have ever seen. Check key detailsScientists have discovered a potentially record-breaking fast planetary system, with a star and possible exoplanet moving at around 1.2 mil...17 Feb, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
- Supermassive black hole, 6,00,000 times the mass of Sun, is heading towards the Milky Way. When is the collision likely to happen?Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This black hole is 600,000 times the mass of the Sun. The L...14 Feb, 2025, 04.26 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
- Gaia spacecraft faces challenges from solar storm and space dustWhen the European Space Agency launched the Gaia spacecraft to map stars, it encountered problems from a solar storm and space dust. Its el...06 Aug, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
- Shakti and Shiva: German Max Planck Institute identifies building blocks that created our galaxy, Milky WayAstronomers have discovered the earliest "building blocks" of the Milky Way galaxy, named 'Shakti' and 'Shiva', dating back 12-13 billion y...22 Mar, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
- Discovery of closest Black Holes to Earth unveiled in Hyades Star Cluster — DetailsA recently published paper in the journal "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society" has revealed the presence of a cluster of bla...09 Sep, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
- ESA’s Gaia mission discovers 2 closest-ever black holes to earth; Details hereScientists have discovered the closest black hole, BH1, to Earth in our cosmic backyard using the Gaia satellite. This discovery is signifi...03 Apr, 2023, 09.24 PM IST
- CCI tweak could spark antitrust probes; Delhivery IPO soon, Sridhar Vembu on Elon MuskWhile most startups delay their IPOs, logistics player Delhivery is likely to go ahead with its plan soon. This and more as we start the mo...02 May, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
- Chennai engineer's Chandrayaan-2 discovery boosts citizen science in IndiaThe crash site of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander was discovered thanks to the availability of data from the American space agency for common...03 Dec, 2019, 04.43 PM IST
- Rare 'superflares' from Sun could disrupt Earth's communicationsAstronomers probing the edges of the Milky Way have in recent years observed superflares -- huge bursts of energy from stars that can be se...12 Jun, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
- Water-rich planets outside our solar system common: StudyWashington, Aug 19 (IANS) Water is likely to be a major component of those exoplanets which are between two to four times the size of Earth...19 Aug, 2018, 03.47 PM IST
- Fastest growing black hole of the universe discoveredThe astronomers have looked back more than 12 billion years to the early dark ages of the universe, when this supermassive black hole was e...16 May, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
- Bridge of stars connects two Milky Way satellite galaxiesLondon, Feb 8 (IANS) Two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way -- the enigmatic Magellanic Clouds -- appear to be connected by a brid...08 Feb, 2017, 05.59 PM IST
- Gaia probe pins down precise positions of over a billion starsLondon, Sep 14 (IANS) On its way to assembling the most detailed 3D map ever made of our Milky Way galaxy, European Space Agency's Gaia pro...14 Sep, 2016, 06.52 PM IST
- Navigational data produces image of the Milky WayGaia, the satellite built by the ESA, is on a mission to catalog a billion stars and create a massive 3D map of the Milky Way galaxy.09 Jul, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
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