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Chandra Grahan on Holi 2026: Check date, timings, India visibility & significanceA rare Blood Moon total lunar eclipse will grace the Indian skies on Tuesday, March 3, coinciding with Holi. This celestial spectacle, visi...- Planetary Parade in February 2026: Six planets to align in rare celestial spectacle; check best viewing window across IndiaSkywatchers can witness a rare planetary parade this month. Six planets will align in the evening sky shortly after sunset. Mercury, Venus,...
- Kolkata gets its largest handmade telescopeScientists and optical observers in Kolkata have built the largest handmade telescope in the city. The 14.5-inch f/5 Dobsonian telescope wa...
- Seven-planet parade to be visible across the sky this week: How, when & where to watch in IndiaA rare celestial event will unfold on 28 February 2025 as all seven planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—alig...
- City-killer asteroid 2024 YR4's chances of hitting Earth increase; NASA releases likely impact zone list–Check if you are in danger?NASA has identified asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. While the probability remains low, its poten...
- Govt says 33 supercomputers deployed in India till Nov 21India has deployed 33 supercomputers with a combined capacity of 32 petaflops under the National Supercomputing Mission. Three PARAM Rudra ...
- Aditya-L1's SUIT captures first full-disk images of the Sun in near ultraviolet wavelengths: IsroThe SUIT payload was powered on, on November 20. Following a successful pre-commissioning phase, the telescope captured its first light sci...
- Lunar Eclipse 2023: When and where you can watch the astronomical phenomenonThe Penumbral Lunar Eclipse will be visible from all over India, and if the weather and sky is clear then it will be easy to watch this ast...
- Meet the citizen astronomers who chase starsDespite many hurdles, India has a thriving citizen astronomy community — extremely tech savvy and motivated, says Vishal Upendran, a PhD sc...
- Skygazers revel in 'blood moon', cloud hinders Delhi's viewNew Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Tens of thousands of skywatchers across the country sat watching for the longest "blood moon" of the century on F...
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's originKolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
- Meet the Indian astrophysicists who discovered the Saraswati SuperclusterAmong the major challenges in working in this field in India is the lack of large-scale experimental facilities for scientists.
- 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...
- A rare astronomical event: Mercury to transit Sun on May 9It appears as a dot (black spot) on the solar disc because its angular size is very small compared to that of the Sun as seen from the Eart...
- Reverse brain drain has started: Union Minister Harsh Vardhan"Earlier there used to be brain drain. Now a reverse trend has started. Around 175-180 scientists have returned to India in the recent past...
- Siddha Group to introduce longest jogging trackThe Rs 200 crore project that is being developed in four phases is launching their second phase that would have close to 500 apartments.
- BARC's gamma ray telescope to be ready by 2017The world's biggest telescope in the northern hemisphere, under construction at Ladakh, would be ready by 2017 and be remotely operated fro...
- Kolkatans to get Jupiter view on FridayThis year, the date falls on Friday when Jupiter would be coming within 650 million km of the earth. This would be Jupiter's closest until ...
- M P Birla Planetarium to go digital for Rs 30 croreManufactured by German company Carl Zeiss, the digital projectors will provide the most vivid and colourful images of celestial objects and...
- JCB India on expansion spreeThe Rs 1,500-crore JCB India Ltd (JIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UK-based construction equipment major JC Bamford Excavators Plc, h...
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