NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...
12 May, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
350 years later Newton's Law of Gravity just got put to the ultimate test — here's how it didNewton’s Law of Gravity just survived its biggest cosmic test. Scientists studied nearly 686,000 galaxies spread across 7 billion light-yea...
11 May, 2026, 06.18 PM IST
The world’s oldest known star map was hidden beneath reused book pages for centuries before scientists finally recovered itScientists have uncovered ancient astronomical texts hidden beneath medieval writings. Using advanced X-ray technology, researchers found f...
09 May, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
In 1967, a Cambridge student found a strange signal every 1.3 seconds, and changed astronomy foreverA graduate student's meticulous review of radio telescope data in 1967 led to a groundbreaking discovery. Jocelyn Bell Burnell identified a...
06 May, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Astronomers detect record-breaking ‘Space Laser’ from merging galaxies 8 billion light-years awayAstronomers have detected the most distant and brightest "space laser," a megamaser, originating from a galactic collision when the univers...
14 Apr, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
Strange ‘space laser’ from early universe detected on Earth: Scientists explain why this signal should not existAstronomers have detected an unusually powerful “space laser” signal from about 8 billion light-years away using the MeerKAT radio telescop...
13 Apr, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
Astronomers Are Creating “Fake Stars”, And It’s Changing What We Can See From EarthAstronomers are overcoming atmospheric distortion with laser guide star technology. By creating artificial stars, they analyze and correct ...
22 Mar, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
Astronomers Can Make Stars on Demand, and the Reason Is Surprisingly CleverAstronomers are now creating 'artificial stars' using powerful lasers to overcome Earth's atmospheric distortions that blur telescope image...
07 Mar, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
- Astronomers Are Creating Fake Stars on Purpose, And the Reason Is Surprisingly Practical
Astronomers now create artificial stars using lasers to see the universe more clearly. These laser guide stars help telescopes correct atmo...
06 Mar, 2026, 05.12 PM IST
India's largest radio telescope key to detecting the universe's vibrationsThe findings were published on Thursday by a team of global scientists, including from Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) which used the Pu...
29 Jun, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Google AI chatbot Bard offers inaccurate information in company adThe tech giant posted a short GIF video of Bard in action via Twitter, describing the chatbot as a "launchpad for curiosity" that would hel...
08 Feb, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
- Transport department wants more time to fulfil tracking norm
Since January 1, the department is not registering new cabs and buses, among other passenger vehicles, without a tracking system and panic ...
31 Jan, 2019, 11.23 AM IST
'Largest galaxy cluster in early universe found'Hyperion has a calculated mass more than one million billion times that of the Sun, making it the largest and most massive structure to be ...
18 Oct, 2018, 01.24 PM IST
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...
09 Aug, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
- First known interstellar asteroid is cigar-shaped 'oddball'
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) An interstellar asteroid that was first found passing through our solar system in mid-October is a cigar-shaped o...
21 Nov, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
Robots could assemble extremely large telescopes in spaceDesign of a modular space telescope may allow telescope components to be launched incrementally, enabling the design and deployment of extr...
14 Jul, 2016, 12.55 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