'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...
28 May, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
Sun unleashes strongest flare of 2025, disrupts global communicationsA strong solar flare, the biggest of 2025, erupted from the sun. The flare, originating from Region 4087, caused radio blackouts across mul...
20 May, 2025, 09.08 AM IST
NASA and AstroSat capture explosive eruptions from stellar remnants near massive black holeAn international team of astronomers, including experts from Pune’s IUCAA, has made significant strides in understanding black hole-star dy...
11 Oct, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
India's AstroSat and NASA's Space observatories capture dramatic eruptions from stellar wreckage around a massive black holeIndian and American astronomers have observed a rare event where a massive black hole is tearing apart a star and using the debris to pumme...
10 Oct, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
What stunning pictures has NASA revealed on Chandra X-Ray Observatory's 25th anniversary? Here are the detailsNASA unveiled breathtaking new photographs captured by the telescope to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. ...
26 Jul, 2024, 01.15 AM IST
Scientists spot Sun-like star being devoured by a hungry black holeSwift was originally designed to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. Since the satellite launched, however,...
08 Sep, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
NASA's 300 kg retired satellite may crash on to earth today; Should you worry?After 16 years of operations, NASA decommissioned the satellite due to communications difficulties with the spacecraft.
20 Apr, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
Understanding nuclear fusion milestone and what does it mean?Nuclear fusion refers to the process which provides the sun with its energy.
14 Dec, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
NASA's new Mars Rover will use x-rays to hunt fossilsThe rover's most important samples will be collected by a coring drill on the end of the arm, then stashed in metal tubes that Perseverance...
23 Sep, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
Heart of Milky Way may host thousands of black holes: studyTo detect black hole binaries then, researchers realised that they would need to look for the fainter, but steadier X-rays emitted when the...
05 Apr, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
- Amateur astronomer snaps exploding star's rare first light
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) Images captured by an amateur astronomer in Argentina has helped scientists obtain their first view of the initial ...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
- Gravitational waves from neutron stars' merger just the beginning
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) In yet another interstellar feat, scientists at the LIGO detectors and the world over detected the first "ripples...
17 Oct, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
- Why is the Sun's atmosphere much hotter than its surface
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) Scientists have found that small solar flare could help explain why the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, is so much ...
14 Oct, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
- NASA observatory detects mysterious cosmic explosion
Washington, April 1 (IANS) A mysterious flash of X-rays probably resulting from a "completely new type of cataclysmic event" in space has b...
01 Apr, 2017, 03.54 PM IST
- Magnetic field behind puzzling 'Rapid Burster' behaviour: Study
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Observing a curious neutron star in a binary system known as the 'Rapid Burster', scientists have found that its magne...
01 Feb, 2017, 09.23 PM IST
Solar storms trigger Jupiter's 'Northern Lights'It is the first time that Jupiter's X-ray aurora has been studied when a giant storm from the Sun arrived at the planet, researchers said.
28 Mar, 2016, 02.12 PM IST
Destructive electrons streaking into Earth's atmosphereResearchers have now launched a project in Antarctica to record X-rays produced as falling electrons collide with the Earth's atmosphere.
27 Jul, 2015, 05.11 PM IST