Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Spacecraft Close Flyby SwRI Mission Explained: Proposal, design, feasibility. Here's telescopes observations, surprising properties, origin theoriesInterstellar object 3I/ATLAS spacecraft close flyby SwRI mission has gained global attention. Scientists propose a mission to study the obj...
09 Sep, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
Comet or alien spaceship? World's most powerful Hubble telescope captures stunning view of 3I/ATLAS traveling at 210,000 kmphComet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor, is racing through our Solar System at record speed, offering astronomers a rare chance to stud...
08 Aug, 2025, 08.34 AM IST
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxiesNASA's Spherex observatory launched into orbit to map the entire sky in infrared, aiming to explain galaxies' formation and universe expans...
12 Mar, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
NIA investigates Mysuru-Darbhanga train accident: Sabotage or signal failure?The National Investigation Agency investigates potential sabotage in the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express accident, where the train collide...
13 Oct, 2024, 11.24 AM IST
'Never seen before': Catch a glimpse of first image shared by NASA's James Webb Space TelescopeNASA has released the first image sent by the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. It is a picture of the universe that has never been s...
12 Jul, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
India advances one more step towards participation in SKAO construction phaseNCRA as the nodal institute for India’s participation in the SKA, has led the activities since the last 10 years or so. "With the formation...
02 Feb, 2022, 09.52 PM IST
China to open giant telescope to international scientistsThe Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) -- the only significant instrument of its kind after the collapse of another tel...
15 Dec, 2020, 10.55 AM IST
Indian scientists build SKA’s ‘nervous system’A team of Indian scientists - led by National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) - claims to have finished its part in Phase 1 of the amb...
06 Aug, 2018, 11.24 AM IST
- NASA delays launch of next-gen space telescope until 2020
Washington, March 28 (IANS) NASA is now targeting May 2020 for the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope, the $8 billion dollar Hubble s...
28 Mar, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
ISRO plans to launch India’s second space observatoryThe AstroSat-2 mission, which will help in observing distant celestial bodies, is meant to further the study of astronomy and astrophysics.
19 Feb, 2018, 11.42 AM IST
- Big asteroid to safely pass by Earth on September 1
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) A large near-Earth asteroid will pass safely by our planet on September 1, at a distance of about seven million k...
18 Aug, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
Newly found planets tidally locked to star, have short orbitsThree of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to hav...
23 Feb, 2017, 02.04 PM IST
NASA's most powerful space telescope completedA 5-layer sunshield of the sizer of a tennis court will prevent the background heat from the Sun from interfering with the telescope's infr...
03 Nov, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
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, ...
22 Feb, 2016, 03.15 PM IST
New NASA telescope to help unlock secrets of universeBy blocking the light of the host star, the Coronagraph Instrument will enable detailed measurements of the chemical makeup of planetary at...
19 Feb, 2016, 01.58 PM IST
First mirror installed on NASA's James Webb Space TelescopeAfter being pieced together, the 18 primary mirror segments will work together as one large 6.5-metre mirror. The full installation is expe...
26 Nov, 2015, 12.26 PM IST
Scientists discover water clouds outside the Solar system for the first timeAccording to University of California, Santa Cruz, Jonathan Fortney, "it's tentative [but] "it's the first evidence for water clouds" outsi...
28 Aug, 2014, 01.48 PM IST