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What is Planet Nine, and where is it? Mystery of large hidden planet beyond Neptune explainedWhat is Planet Nine, and where is it? The question has fascinated astronomers for years. Scientists believe a massive undiscovered planet m...- Can we be a star-maker? Budget 2026’s outlay for telescopes is big deal— it can spur India to be a global astronomy leaderIndia embarks on a journey to expand its celestial horizons through investments in advanced telescopes and observatories. This strategic sh...
- The mystery of Earth’s Mini-Moon: Is it a lost piece of the lunar puzzle that might have drifted away?Astronomers now suggest that the small celestial body, initially dubbed Earth’s “mini-moon” 2024 PT5, might be a lunar fragment. Discovered...
- James Webb Space Telescope: humanity's eyes into the pastThe photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope, which show off the capabilities of the $10-billion telescope built to gaze far into sp...
- With Joe Biden's win, Thirty Meter Telescope may get Hawaii homeThe TMT project, despite being on high priority of the Barack Obama administration during 2009-17, could not take off during the Donald Tru...
- New exoplanet twice the size of Earth foundToronto, Sep 10 (IANS) Using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has discovered a new exoplanet tw...
- Gravity waves force Jupiter jet stream to change directionWashington, Dec 19 (IANS) A NASA-led team has found that gravity waves force an east-west jet stream speeding through the atmosphere high a...
- Citizen scientists discover brown dwarf 100 light years awayNew York, June 4 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a brown dwarf -- sometimes called "failed stars" -- a little more than 100 light years a...
- NASA's next generation space telescope plan takes a pauseWashington, April 28 (IANS) NASA said it is initiating an independent external review to know how long it will take and how much it will co...
- April Fool's Day comet to pass closest to Earth in a centuryWashington, April 1 (IANS) This is no joke. A comet, being playfully called the April Fool's Day comet, is set to make its closest approach...
- Here's your chance to spot a comet passing by EarthWashington, Feb 11 (IANS) Comet hunters have a chance to spot comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova in the next few days using binoculars or a ...
- New star predicted to adorn night sky by 2022"It's a one-in-a-million chance that you can predict an explosion. It's never been done before," said Larry Molnar, professor at Calvin Col...
- Indian-origin astronomer spots tiniest asteroidNew York, Dec 1 (IANS) Using data from four different telescopes, a team of astronomers led by an Indian-origin researcher has reported tha...
- How some of the most ambitious global science projects are opening new vistas for Indian scientistsThe detection of gravitational waves, an experiment involving diverse technologies, will provide the scientific community in India with a u...
- NASA's 'flying' telescope begins studying asteroids, starsNASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of flights to map planets, asteroids, ...
- New NASA programme to protect Earth from asteroids, cometsMore than 13,500 near-Earth objects of all sizes have been discovered to date - over 95 per cent of them since NASA-funded surveys began in...
- Indian astronomers spot rare giant radio galaxyThe newly discovered galaxy known by its scientific name 'J021659-044920' is the newest member of this elite group.
- Mars had ocean with more water than ArcticA primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean but the Red Planet lost 87 per cent of that water to space, a new study...
- 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.
- Sino-India S&T cooperation set for August launchA key element of the cooperation could be the NLST, world's largest such facility that India plans to set up in collaboration with Germany ...
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