Scientists stunned by monster Black Hole blasting winds at 130 million MPH across spaceAstronomers have detected a supermassive black hole producing winds at unprecedented speeds. Situated 135 million light-years away in the N...
13 Dec, 2025, 07.03 PM IST
They survived ice ages and hunted mammoths; so why did the Neanderthals suddenly disappear? Now a physicist blames something in the skyScientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This event weakened...
23 Jun, 2025, 03.46 AM IST
Astronomers spot the largest cosmic giant of its kind in the distant universeAstronomers have discovered an enormous radio jet stretching over 200,000 light-years from a quasar in the early universe, offering rare in...
23 Feb, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
Supermassive black hole, 6,00,000 times the mass of Sun, is heading towards the Milky Way. When is the collision likely to happen?Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This black hole is 600,000 times the mass of the Sun. The L...
14 Feb, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
What is Quipu: Superstructure over 1.3 billion light-years long and holds almost 200000000000000000 solar massesScientists have officially given a name to the largest solar structure in the known universe. Astronomers have found the largest structure ...
13 Feb, 2025, 07.46 PM IST
Vikram Sarabhai: Here's all you should know about the father of Indian space programme, ISROVikram Sarabhai (Google Trends): Vikram Sarabhai, born in 1919, significantly advanced India's space exploration and scientific research. H...
12 Aug, 2024, 12.57 PM IST
What will happen when Sun's magnetic field flips? How will it affect Earth? Will it be dangerous? This is what NASA has saidNational Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA has said in an article published on its official website that measurements from NASA-...
15 Jun, 2024, 07.46 PM IST
New study explores how the sun’s galactic path may have plunged earth into ice agesA new study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that the solar system's passage through a dense interstellar cloud around two million ye...
11 Jun, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
Interstellar 2: Will the sequel materialize and what would Christopher Nolan bring next in the cosmic movie?Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" has left an enduring impression on fans who eagerly anticipate a sequel. The burning question that linge...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.27 PM IST
As Vikram lands, the story of Vikram Sarabhai, the man whose dreams took us to the moonVikram Sarabhai, founder of the Indian space programme, was born in 1919 in a family of textile barons. Among the world’s wealthiest indust...
27 Aug, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 now streaming on Disney+: Unraveling spoilers, easter eggs, and moreAfter a spectacular theatrical release in May 2023, fans can now relish the third installment of Marvel's beloved gang of misfit heroes, Gu...
02 Aug, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
Betelgeuse star shows unexpected behavior, raises many questionsBetelgeuse is one of the brightest stars and lately, it has been showing unexpected behavior which has busied scientists, all over again, t...
14 Jun, 2023, 02.36 AM IST
- NASA selects mission to study cosmic rays in heliosphere
Washington, June 2 (IANS) NASA is targeting 2024 for the launch of a new mission to learn more about the generation of cosmic rays in the h...
02 Jun, 2018, 03.07 PM IST
- Japan-led probe to Martian moons to carry NASA instrument
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) NASA will send an instrument to study the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos on a Japan-led sample return mission to...
21 Nov, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
- Is the Nobel for discovery of gravitational waves premature? (Comment: Special to IANS)
On October 3, 2017, the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to three American physicists "for decisive contribution to Laser Interferometry...
05 Oct, 2017, 06.02 PM IST
Extreme universe events recreated in labHigh pressure can turn a soft form of carbon - graphite, used as pencil lead - into an extremely hard form of carbon, diamond.
17 Apr, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
- Global warming due to cosmic ray inactivity: Rao
In a paper published by envt ministry, physicist & former chairman of the ISRO, UR Rao, has argued that decreasing cosmic ray activity, a n...
24 Jan, 2011, 06.45 AM IST