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Can we be a star-maker? Budget 2026’s outlay for telescopes is big deal— it can spur India to be a global astronomy leaderIndia embarks on a journey to expand its celestial horizons through investments in advanced telescopes and observatories. This strategic sh...
Is the planet Earth in danger? What was found in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars by the James Webb Space Telescope?The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered a number of small asteroids, some of which may be heading towards Earth.
Centre greenlights Rs 6,000 crore National Quantum MissionIndian innovators should lead in quantum, semiconductors, AI: IT MoS
With Joe Biden's win, Thirty Meter Telescope may get Hawaii homeThe TMT project, despite being on high priority of the Barack Obama administration during 2009-17, could not take off during the Donald Tru...
Reaching for stars: India is betting big on mega, multi-country science projects"The big shift is that India is moving from the periphery to the core of such mega global science projects", says RA Mashelkar former direc...
Indian telescope discovers most distant radio galaxy everThe galaxy is perceived as it looked when the universe was only a billion years old, according to the study appearing in the journal Monthl...
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.
- Astronomers observe transit of Earth-like extra-solar planet
Tokyo, Nov 29 (IANS) In an important step towards the search for extra-terrestrial life, astronomers in Japan have observed the transit of ...
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...
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...
Harsh Vardhan seeks Indian-Americans' contribution to India's growthLauding Indian-American scientists and IT professionals working in the US, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan has sought their c...
20 billionaires who believe in giving back to the societyScores of the world's wealthiest people have donated their riches to hundreds of causes. Here's a look at some of them.
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.
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...
GOAL, Avarsala and Godrej & Boyce developing parts worth Rs 700 cr for world's largest telescopeThese cos are set to make some critical components for one of the most ambitious projects undertaken so far in astronomy.