Christmas Star 2025: The best time to show kids the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ in the skyLook east after sunset this week to witness Jupiter, shining brightly like the fabled 'Christmas Star.' This celestial event offers a perfe...
19 Dec, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
3I/ATLAS livestream: Watch interstellar comet live as it comes closest to Earth tonightSkywatchers have a rare chance to see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS tonight. The comet is making its closest approach to Earth. A live online...
19 Dec, 2025, 06.19 AM IST
Mystery deepens as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it nears Earth. Scientists reveal reason behind stunning colour changeInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has once again baffled scientists and astronomers with its increasing brightness and striking green hue as it n...
15 Dec, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
3I/ATLAS releases new molecules into space when it heats up? Here's complete truth as interstellar comet continues to shock experts3I/ATLAS releases new molecules into space when it heats up? Astronomers studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS report changes in brightn...
14 Dec, 2025, 04.37 AM IST
Moon Venus: When and how to watch the rare celestial event in the U.S. and other countries - Best time revealedWhether you are in the U.S. hoping to spot Venus beside the moon today, or in Europe awaiting the rare occultation, September 19 promises o...
19 Sep, 2025, 08.09 PM IST
Rare interstellar comet spotted zooming through our solar system, only the 3rd ever seenA cosmic traveler from another star system is currently visiting our solar neighborhood. Scientists are closely observing this unique inter...
20 Jul, 2025, 01.17 AM IST
Another spectacular planetary alignment is to happen soon with a seventh planet; here are the date, time, places, and all detailsThe upcoming planetary parade is an astronomical event that occurs only once in several years, making it a rare and unmissable opportunity ...
31 Jan, 2025, 12.34 AM IST
Scientists find huge black hole in Earth's backyardThe other stellar-mass black holes were revealed by their energising interactions with a companion star, despite the fact that there are pr...
09 Nov, 2022, 09.20 AM IST
From pale to deep blue: The different shades of Neptune and Uranus explainedA key middle layer of methane haze makes Uranus appear pale blue, against Neptune’s royal blue.
13 Jun, 2022, 08.55 AM IST
Indian telescope discovers most distant radio galaxy everThe galaxy is perceived as it looked when the universe was only a billion years old, according to the study appearing in the journal Monthl...
09 Aug, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
- Gemini telescope aids Juno's mission through Jupiter
San Francisco, July 2 (IANS) Researchers are using very detailed Gemini Observatory images to help guide the Juno spacecraft's exploration ...
02 Jul, 2017, 09.07 AM IST
- Mysterious radio signal traced to distant dwarf galaxy
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) In a first, astronomers, including one of Indian-origin, have traced the source of a mysterious radio signal to a ...
05 Jan, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
'Dark' Milky Way-sized galaxy discoveredThe galaxy, Dragonfly 44, is located in the nearby Coma constellation and had been overlooked until last year because of its unusual compos...
27 Aug, 2016, 01.49 PM IST
NASA's Kepler mission discovers 100 new planetsAmong the confirmed is a planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky. These four planets are orbiting the M dwar...
19 Jul, 2016, 01.22 PM IST
Smallest known galaxy M60-UCD1 with supermassive black hole foundAstronomers led by an Indian-origin scientist discovered a monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest and densest galaxies ever k...
18 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST