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In 2003, NASA launched a 34-inch infrared telescope called Spitzer. For 17 years, it looked through cosmic dust and revealed a hidden universeNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ended its mission in 2020 after sixteen years. Its infrared observations pierced cosmic dust, revealing hidd...- This hellish planet is so hot it has clouds of glass and an atmosphere of vaporized metalNASA discovers extreme planet: Astronomers are witnessing an alien world's dramatic transformation thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope...
- NASA releases Supernova audio recordings. Listen to the Universe’s haunting soundsNASA has released new sonifications of three iconic astronomical images to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Thes...
- New NASA app clicks selfies in 'out of the world' locationsWashington, Aug 23 (IANS) NASA has rolled out a new app that allows you to take a picture of yourself in a virtual spacesuit, posing in fro...
- First stars formed 250 million years after Big Bang: StudyFor such a young galaxy, known as MACS1149-JD1, to contain detectable traces of oxygen, it must have begun forging stars even earlier - a s...
- This exoplanet may have atmospheric ingredients similar to Earth'sWashington, Nov 17 (IANS) Twice as big as Earth, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e likely has an atmosphere thicker than Earth's but with ingredien...
- Dust, not aliens, behind mysterious dimming of Tabby's StarWashington, Oct 5 (IANS) The unusual dips in brightness that a stellar object known as Tabby's Star experiences could be due to an uneven d...
- Solar system 2.0 found 10 light-years awayThe system is a prime location to research how planets form around stars like our Sun, researchers said.
- Nearby planetary system is similar to our own: StudyWashington, May 3 (IANS) A nearby planetary system star could be a good model of our early solar system as it has an architecture remarkabl...
- 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...
- NASA's Kepler probe spots youngest exoplanet everThe planet, K2-33b, is slightly larger than Neptune and whips tightly around its star every five days. It is one of the very few newborn pl...
- 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...
- NASA discovers five 'superstars' in other galaxiesA new study using archival data from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes has found five similar objects in other galaxies for the fi...
- 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.
- Giant galaxy cluster discovered 8.5 billion light-years awayTo find how these clusters evolve over time and what they looked like billions of years ago, astronomers looked back in time to our youthfu...
- Galaxy that spits out 800 new stars every year discoveredThe discovery is the first to show that gigantic galaxies at the centre of massive clusters can grow significantly by feeding off gas stole...
- How to spot a black holeYou don't need to be a professional astronomer to find black holes. Here's how you can spot one, using just your laptop or phone.
- Saturn's outermost ring much bigger than thoughtThe ring, called the 'Phoebe ring', is believed to contain dust and ice particles ejected from Saturn's outer moon, Phoebe, after micromete...
- Our Sun is a late 'boomer': StudyAstronomers found that galaxies like our Milky Way underwent a stellar "baby boom," churning out stars at a prodigious rate.
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