NASA probe to search for interstellar waterA molecular cloud is an interstellar cloud of dust, gas, and a variety of molecules ranging from molecular hydrogen (H2) to complex, carbon...
- Star weighed using Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Washington, June 8 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has used the Hubble space telescope to measure the mass of a star by employi...
- Gravitational waves boot monster black hole from galactic core
Washington, March 24 (IANS) NASA's Hubble space telescope has detected a supermassive black hole that has been kicked out of the centre of ...
- Water vapour plumes found on Jupiter's moon Europa, life next?
Washington, Sep 27 (IANS) In a surprise find, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have spotted water vapour plumes erupting off...
Galaxy 13.4 billion years away breaks cosmic distance recordThe combination of Hubble's and Spitzer's imaging shows that GN-z11 is 25 times smaller than the Milky Way and has just one per cent of our...
Most Earth-like planets yet to be bornThe bulk of those planets - 92 per cent - are yet to be born, according to the assessment of data collected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescop...
- Google Earth now scans the heavens
A new function in Google Earth has opened up the cosmos to Internet viewers.