Saturn moon number jumps to 274 with discovery of 128 new potato-shape moons — but now astronomers have a unique problem to solveScientists have discovered over 100 new moons orbiting Saturn, raising its total to 274. These small rocky moons likely resulted from cosmi...
Evidence of potential life on Venus found!Scientists have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus, indicating the possibility of extraterrestrial life on the planet. The...
Blue spiral gets spotted in Hawaii’s night sky. See what was itThe residents of Hawaii were in for a freaky surprise when a blue spiral was spotted in the night sky in the area.
Mauna Loa, World's largest volcano, erupts in Hawaii: History, hazards; here's all you want to know about itFive volcanoes, including Mauna Loa, make up the Big Island of Hawaii, the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago.
Cosmic 2-for-1: First total lunar eclipse in over two years coincides with supermoonThe total eclipse will last about 15 minutes as Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun.
Why did Mount Everest's height change?As definitive as that sounds, geological changes, the complicated business of measuring a mountain and varying criteria for determining the...
Some quirky and interesting facts about Barren Island volcano in AndamanThe tallest volcano in the solar system is on Mars. Olympus Mons is a giant shield volcano that rises to an elevation of 27 km, and it meas...
2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars unveiledThe finding confirms that some of the longest-lived volcanoes in the solar system may be found on the red planet.
India loses out on hosting world's largest telescopeThere was a lot of anticipation that the giant Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) would get housed at a remote high- altitude site in the cold de...
- Biggest telescope project likely to shift out of Hawaii
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) With the construction of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), one of the world's biggest telescope projects, i...
Ministry of Science & Technology seeks Defence Ministry clearance for TMT projectThe project, aimed at exploring the universe, was to come up in Hawaii, but protests by the indigenous population had it stalled.
World's largest telescope may be set up in LadakhThe project, aimed at exploring the universe, was to come up at Mauna Kea in Hawaii. But protests by the locals and indigenous population h...
Ladakh to get world's largest telescope?India may be home to the world's largest telescope project - the $1.47-billion Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) International Observatory.
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.
India joins project to build world's largest telescope in USIndia today joined the elite group of countries including USA, China and Japan to build the largest telescope in the world.
Construction on 30 Meter Telescope with Indian support beginsThe gigantic telescope, scheduled to be ready by 2020, will provide astronomers with unparalleled power to observe the intricacies of the u...
India, four other countries to build world's biggest telescopeThe 30-meter telescope, or TMT, will be established near the summit of the Mauna Kea volcano with a cost of $1.4 billion.