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A stunning May new Supermoon is about to black out the sky — Dark skies, hidden constellations and a rare Venus alignment are about to transform the night sky- Don’t miss this week’s sky show: What happens when Halley’s Comet meets Venus? The Eta Aquariid meteor shower reveals the answer — when and how to watch
- Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way
- Comet brighter than Venus to pass our planet Earth: When and where to watch this rare celestial 'sungrazer' in the skyAstronomers are tracking a newly discovered comet, C/2026 A1 (MAPS), which has the potential to become one of the brightest celestial objec...26 Feb, 2026, 02.11 PM IST
- Newly discovered comet approaching Sun’s corona could be visible to the naked eye in AprilA newly discovered comet, C/2026 A1 (MAPS), is generating excitement as it may become naked-eye visible by April 2026. This Kreutz sungraze...23 Feb, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
- 3I/ATLAS: NASA Vs amateur astronomers now? Here's why netizens criticize space agency, when is NASA's special 3I/ATLAS session and will it ever release high resolution pictures3I/ATLAS: NASA Vs amateur astronomers now? NASA faces flak for blurry 3I/ATLAS image, gets compared to amateur astronomers in a growing onl...20 Nov, 2025, 05.28 PM IST
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS visible from Earth with amateur telescopes through NovemberInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS becomes visible from Earth after passing perihelion in late October, 2025. The comet can be observed with amate...04 Nov, 2025, 11.48 AM IST
- Is 3I/ATLAS visible in sky and why NASA is not able to get a clear picture? Here's how scientists track interstellar comet and astronomers capture first post-perihelion imageIs 3I/ATLAS visible in sky and why NASA is not able to get clear picture? The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reappeared after passing behi...04 Nov, 2025, 01.57 AM IST
- For 60 years, a mysterious ‘secret second moon’ has been orbiting Earth: Scientists are now stunned by this unique discoveryAstronomers have identified 2025 PN7, a small, faint asteroid, as a quasi-moon that has been orbiting near Earth for approximately 60 years...22 Oct, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
- Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN to pass Earth next week: How to watch and see if it’s visible to the naked eyeComets such as C/2025 R2 (SWAN) are ancient remnants of the early solar system, made of ice, rock, and organic compounds. As they near the ...17 Oct, 2025, 09.37 PM IST
- Scientists capture images of two black holes orbiting each other 5 billion lightyears away for the first timeScientists have captured the first radio image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other. This event occurred inside a quasar nam...11 Oct, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
- Mysterious interstellar object enters solar system; the largest, fastest, and only the third ever recordedAstronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, speeding towards the Sun at 60 km/s. Classified on July 2, 2025, this c...03 Jul, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
- CWISE J1249+3621: A mysterious object hurtling at 1 million miles per hour leaves astronomers in shockTom Bickle, an astronomy student in Southampton, discovered a hypervelocity object moving at a million miles per hour. The object, possibly...22 Aug, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
- NASA tracks mysterious object exiting the Milky WayAmateur astronomers part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project identified CWISE J1249, a fast-moving object exiting the Milky Way, us...18 Aug, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
- Rare green comet 'Nishimura' graces our skies after 400 years; here's when and where you can catch itA rare green comet named Nishimura will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere until early next week. The comet, about a kilometer in size, ...10 Sep, 2023, 11.55 AM IST
- Amateur astronomer snaps exploding star's rare first lightNew 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
- 'Puffy planet' could help scientist search for alien lifeNew York, May 16 (IANS) Astronomers have discovered a "puffy planet" orbiting a star 320 light years from Earth which may hold opportunitie...16 May, 2017, 06.05 PM IST
- NASA's Hubble captures 'beating heart' of Crab NebulaThe neutron star at the very centre of the Crab Nebula has about the same mass as the Sun but compressed into an incredibly dense sphere th...10 Jul, 2016, 02.30 PM IST
- School children from India join global hunt for asteroidsNeelabh Singh from Amity International School found the workshop entertaining and informative and says he is excited to learn the asteroid-...26 Jun, 2016, 12.33 PM IST
- NASA software to help detect new asteroids betterWith more telescopes scanning the sky, the ever-increasing volume of data makes it impossible for astronomers to verify each detection by h...16 Mar, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
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