On This Day in History, June 22: Fast & Furious release, France surrenders, Germany invades Soviet Union, Napoleon abdicates, Galileo recants, Maradona's Hand of God, G.I. Bill signed and other eventsOn This Day in History, June 22 witnessed Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, Napoleon's second abdication, Galileo's recantation befor...
21 Jun, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
On This Day in History, June 14: Anne Frank writes diary, Auschwitz opens, first woman in space, first US flag approved, Falklands War ends and moreOn This Day in History, June 14 witnessed the beginning of Anne Frank's diary, the opening of Auschwitz, the launch of the Vostok mission t...
13 Jun, 2026, 11.24 PM IST
IPL's hidden contributors: Net bowlers fueling batting brillianceNet bowlers remain one of the IPL's most valuable yet overlooked talent pools, using the opportunity to bowl to elite batters and sharpen t...
22 May, 2026, 12.28 PM IST
History's most famous Halley's comet may need a new name, and the real discoverer was a monk nobody ever heard ofHalley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery from nearly 1,0...
14 May, 2026, 11.40 PM IST
US Stock Market: Wall Street indexes hit record highs as oil falls with Strait of Hormuz declared openMajor US stock indices, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, closed at record highs Friday, fueled by optimism over Iran's decision to open th...
18 Apr, 2026, 07.58 AM 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
Richard Carrington’s first portrait discovered: A historic find for solar astronomyA long-lost portrait of Richard Carrington, the 19th-century British astronomer behind the largest recorded solar storm, has been discovere...
28 Feb, 2026, 01.05 AM IST
Indian-origin astronomer wins UK's Royal Astronomical Society Gold MedalIndian-origin astronomer Shrinivas Kulkarni received the Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal. He is recognized for groundbreaking work in...
12 Jan, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
Quadrantids 2025: Everything you need to know to watch the meteor shower in the UKThe Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025, offers an extraordinary celestial display visible from 1-12 January, with a sharp peak ex...
03 Jan, 2025, 10.56 PM IST
Aliens? Unique radio signal detected from deep spaceAstronomers posit that certain FRBs may be attributed to a specific type of neutron star known as a magnetar.
19 Dec, 2023, 12.42 AM IST
Reclassified galaxy now has a supermassive black hole pointing directly at EarthThe Royal Astronomical Society published the study in one of its monthly notices and delves into more detail about the galaxy. PBC J2333.9-...
27 Mar, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown'It's a composite of 370 observations over the past two decades by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, depicting billions of stars and c...
29 May, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
- Life enabling chemical found around infant stars
London, June 9 (IANS) Astronomers have detected a life enabling organic compound -- methyl isocyanate -- around an infant star system some ...
09 Jun, 2017, 02.09 PM IST
- 'Hidden' supercluster of galaxies found near Milky Way
Melbourne, Dec 26 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has found a massive supercluster of galaxies that had previously gone undetec...
26 Dec, 2016, 02.01 PM IST
What would happen If a massive comet struck the Sun?The explosion might even cause sun-quakes to ripple throughout the atmosphere. Here on Earth, we'd probably detect a burst of UV light and ...
27 Jul, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
Universe with realistic galaxies simulatedAstronomers have created a simulation of the universe with more realistic galaxies that are similar in mass, size and age to real ones.
31 Dec, 2014, 05.12 PM IST
Google celebrates Nicolaus Copernicus' 540th birthday with heliocentric model doodleCopernicus' is remembered for his heliocentric theory that proved Sun as the centre of the solar system and not Earth.
19 Feb, 2013, 02.19 PM IST