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NASA receives laser beam from 10 million miles away. Here is everything you need to knowA NASA spacecraft beamed into space a near-infrared laser nearly 10 million miles or about 40 times farther than the distance between the m...
Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy - and it's becoming an achievable goalThe Moon also offers opportunities for other types of astronomy as well. Astronomers have lots of experience with optical and infrared tele...
In a first, radio signal sent by 9 billion light-year away galaxy gets captured by scientistsA signal, that was sent by a galaxy 9 billion light-years away from the Earth, has been discovered by scientists.
Webb Space Telescope shows how a star is born in great cosmic nurseryNow, the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble's successor, has turned its infrared eyes to see through those same columns and inspect the new...
Indian researchers discover three supermassive black holesThe rare occurrence in the nearby universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal laboratories to detect multiple accreting supermas...
ISRO plans to launch India’s second space observatoryThe AstroSat-2 mission, which will help in observing distant celestial bodies, is meant to further the study of astronomy and astrophysics.
- Indian telescope measures star in Taurus constellation
Bengaluru, Nov 7 (IANS) India's multi-wavelength space telescope AstroSat had measured the X-ray polarisation of the Crab pulsar (star) in ...
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's origin
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
- 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...
- 'Vampire' star caught in the act by Indian space observatory
Scientists say the smaller star, also called a "blue straggler", feeds off its companion star by sucking out its mass and energy, causing i...
'Monster' blackholes hiding in cosmic backyard spottedBoth of the black holes are the central engines of what astronomers call "active galactic nuclei," a class of extremely bright objects that...
Mars loses 10 times more hydrogen when closest to sunMAVEN has been tracking the hydrogen escape without interruption over the course of a Martian year, which lasts nearly two Earth years.
NASA's 'flying' telescope begins studying asteroids, starsNASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of flights to map planets, asteroids, ...
China's world's mega telescope construction enters final stageUpon completion, the telescope will be the world's largest of its kind, overtaking Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, which is 300 meters i...
How to spot a black holeYou don't need to be a professional astronomer to find black holes. Here's how you can spot one, using just your laptop or phone.
China telescope can be 'sensitive ear' to sounds from universeChina's new radio telescope, stated as the world's largest could become Earth's "big sensitive ear" to listen to subtle sounds from univers...
India's dedicated astronomy satellite ASTROSAT fully assembledASTROSAT, the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying distant celestial objects is now fully assembled, ISRO said.