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Moon at risk? Asteroid the size of Leaning Tower of Pisa might not hit Earth, but odds of it striking the Moon have just increasedAstronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. It crosses Earth's orbit. Observations show a slightly increased chance of a lunar impact in 2032...
17 Jun, 2025, 12.55 PM IST
Meet Dr. Hashima Hasan, the Lucknow genius behind NASA's epic James Webb Space telescope!Embark on the cosmic odyssey of Dr. Hashima Hasan, a visionary Indian scientist integral to NASA's groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescop...
12 Jan, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
The world is startstruck by first images clicked by James Webb Telescope. It is expected to change astronomyThese Images will help us understand how the first stars and galaxies formed.
14 Jul, 2022, 06.41 PM IST
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...
25 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
First age-map of Milky Way galaxy createdThe Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with a bulge at the centre, thousands of light years in diameter, that contains about a quarter of the tot...
03 Apr, 2018, 02.39 PM IST
Giant exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere discoveredThe atmosphere WASP-121b - a gas giant exoplanet commonly referred to as a "hot Jupiter" - was observed using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
03 Aug, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
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.
08 Nov, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
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...
11 Sep, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
Indian scientist, Dr Manda Banerji discovers giant supermassive black holesCambridge researchers, led by an Indian-origin scientist, have discovered a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black ...
09 Oct, 2012, 10.49 PM IST