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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...- How this Kerala boy helped put India’s space dreams on global map & earned rare 'triple Padma': All About the star who helped ISRO chase MoonKrishnaswamy Kasturirangan, the Kerala-born scientist who became one of the key architects of India’s space programme, rose from humble beg...
- 2,000-year-old ‘guest star’ mystery from 185 AD solved by NASA X-ray studyAncient Chinese astronomers saw a bright guest star in 185 AD. This supernova remnant, RCW 86, was unusually large. New research reveals th...
- 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...
- 'Dead star or something new': Mysterious object found in Milky Way emits X-rays and radio waves every 44 minutesAstronomers have identified ASKAP J1832−091, a peculiar object in the Milky Way, emitting synchronized X-ray and radio waves every 44 minut...
- Brand-new space telescope launched in 2023 has 'damaged doors', says NASAObservational plans around an expensive and state-of-the-art space telescope launched just last year in September, has now taken a back sea...
- ISRO's POLIX instrument commences scientific observationsThe POLIX payload was activated in two stages by January 10, and initial scan observations were conducted around the Crab pulsar, the inten...
- ISRO payload aces its performance check with observation of supernova remnantISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation, announced on Thursday that a payload on its recently-launched mission has successfully captur...
- XPoSat captures first light from supernova remnantLaunched on January 1, XPoSat carries two co-aligned instruments, POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) and X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timin...
- ISRO to usher in 2024 with launch of dedicated scientific satellite to study black holesThe launch comes after the success of its Gaganyaan Test Vehicle D1 mission in October. The PSLV-C58 rocket, in its 60th mission, would car...
- Aditya-L1 solar mission: HEL1OS captures first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flaresDuring its first observation period from approximately 12:00 to 22:00 UT on October 29, 2023, the High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectromete...
- NASA's new mission to explore universe's mysterious objectsNASA has launched a new mission to probe the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe.
- Team led by Indian scientists finds X-ray signature of boundary around black holesAlthough black holes does not have a surface, it is confined within an invisible boundary, called an event horizon, from within which nothi...
- Indian, US satellites find black hole that spins near maximum possible ratesRelatively smaller black holes are exotic end states of massive stellar cores, said astronomers led by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Re...
- Indian telescope measures star in Taurus constellationBengaluru, Nov 7 (IANS) India's multi-wavelength space telescope AstroSat had measured the X-ray polarisation of the Crab pulsar (star) in ...
- Why is the Sun's atmosphere much hotter than its surfaceWashington, Oct 14 (IANS) Scientists have found that small solar flare could help explain why the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, is so much ...
- Black hole devouring star for a decade detectedWashington, Feb 7 (IANS) Astronomers have detected a giant black hole that ripped apart a star and then gorged on its remains for an unusua...
- ASTROSAT, India's first astronomical mission, set for September 28 launch"The satellite is scheduled for launch on board the launch vehicle PSLV C-30, on Sept 28 morning 10 am," Director, Public Relations, ISRO t...
- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array satellite observatory discovers five 'supermassive' black holesHigh-energy x-rays found for five of the black holes confirmed that they had been hidden by dust and gas.
- India's dedicated astronomy satellite ASTROSAT fully assembledASTROSAT, the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying distant celestial objects is now fully assembled, ISRO said.
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