Dark matter and dark energy: What the universe is made of, and what we still don’t knowModern cosmology has precisely measured the universe's properties, yet dark matter and dark energy remain profound mysteries. While dark ma...
A shadow, a signal, and the search: How scientists are using Earth’s shadow to find aliensTwo new studies are reshaping the way astronomers search for signs of extraterrestrial life. One, led by Penn State University and NASA’s J...
Nasa finds an alien snowball that is travelling towards us at 2 lakh kmph; Here's when and how you can spot itThe NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile detected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1st, originating from Sagittarius. Pre-discovery obse...
The biggest explosion since the Big Bang; Star ripped apart by a Black Hole unleashes history’s most powerful and brightest known explosionAstronomers have spotted a new type of cosmic explosion. These are called Extreme Nuclear Transients or ENTs. These events occur when stars...
Astronomers witness supermassive black hole tear star apart during violent galactic collision—here’s what exactly happened in this rare tidal disruption eventBlack hole rips apart star in a once-in-a-lifetime event called AT 2022wtn, spotted 700 million light-years away during a rare galactic col...
Supermassive black hole “ate” a star, are we next? Here’s what NASA found outIn a cosmic first, astronomers observed a supermassive black hole consuming a star. This happened outside the core of its host galaxy. The ...
Caltech professor Shrinivas R Kulkarni bags Shaw Prize for his work in astronomyKulkarni is the younger brother of well-known writer and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, and hails from Karnataka. He was born in Kurundwad...
The Hidden Cosmos: Exploring the intriguing world of dark galaxiesResearchers have recently discovered dark galaxies, which are galaxies devoid of visible stars but filled with hydrogen gas. These galaxies...
The Universe's Greatest Mystery: A substance that occupies 85% space yet remains invisibleDark matter, a mysterious and invisible form of matter, constitutes 85% of the total mass of the universe. Despite its prevalence, its comp...
Astronomers puzzled by 'largest' ever cosmic explosionWhile the astronomers offered what they think is the most likely explanation for the explosion, they emphasised that more research was need...
Rare green comet to be closest to Earth soon. See when, how to watchA green comet, which is named as Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), is set to be at its closest to Earth soon. This rare fly-by will be one of the very...
Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eyeThe comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted it passing Jupiter in March last year. After t...
Hubble finds ghost light among galaxies stretches far back in timeIntracluster light was first detected in the Coma cluster of galaxies in 1951 by Fritz Zwicky, who reported that one of his most interestin...
Supermassive black hole sends jet pointing towards Earth after tearing apart a star, say astronomersAstronomers captured a bright flare emanating from a dying star being torn apart by a supermassive Black Hole launching relativistic jets t...
Indian researchers spot rare superluminous supernova shining with borrowed energy sourceSupernovae (SNe) are highly energetic explosions in the universe releasing an enormous amount of energy. Such type of supernovae called Sup...
2020 QG: Twenty-ft-long, closest-ever asteroid passes Earth over Indian OceanIt was moving at nearly 12.3 kilometres per second.