How will the universe end? Scientists explore its possible futureThe universe, which originated 14 billion years ago in the Big Bang, remains to evolve. Stars and galaxies form, age, and eventually die, w...
01 Dec, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
Space collision having mass of 100 suns? GW231123 is no simple number, this galactical phenomenon is literally creating ‘waves’ in the universeA theory of merger black holes or simply a mass conundrum even scientists are baffled by, could you imagine a mass so heavy that weighed ap...
17 Jul, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
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...
30 May, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
First-ever cosmic duel caught: One galaxy blasted another in deep space battle 11 billion light-years awayAstronomers have observed a "cosmic joust" between two galaxies colliding at immense speed over 11 billion light-years away. The collision ...
25 May, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Ancient Milky Way-like galaxy discovered, surprising astronomersThe distant galaxy, called J0107a, was observed as it appeared 11.1 billion years ago, when the universe was about a fifth of its current a...
24 May, 2025, 12.55 AM IST
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals stunning image of Leo P galaxy, a rare dwarf galaxy defying scientific expectations with unexpected star formationThe Leo P Galaxy has shocked scientists with new findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Located 5.3 million light-years away,...
17 Feb, 2025, 06.57 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
Remarkable phenomena in the Universe: Five galaxies collide at an astonishing speed of two million miles per hour to create a sonic boomA breathtaking galactic collision in Stephan's Quintet has been observed, in which five galaxies collide at two million mph, causing a powe...
27 Nov, 2024, 09.07 PM IST
What secrets do NASA's 25 stunning Chandra X-ray photos reveal? Here is all you need to knowNASA has shared 25 X-ray photos captured with Chandra with the public in observance of the observatory's 25 years of existence. These photo...
27 Jul, 2024, 06.20 PM IST
Bezos sells $1 billion a year in Amazon stock for space project"My business model right now for Blue Origin is I sell about a billion a year of Amazon stock and I use it to fund Blue Origin," said Bezos...
06 Apr, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
- Stars born in winds from supermassive black holes spotted
London, March 28 (IANS) Astronomers have observed for the first time stars forming within powerful outflows of material blasted out from su...
28 Mar, 2017, 12.35 PM IST
Hubble views a galactic mega-merger: NASAThe Hubble Space Telescope has viewed a galactic mega-merger - a product of a collision between two good-sized galaxies, which is slowly ev...
18 Jan, 2016, 06.50 PM IST
Scientists find out what happens when two same-size galaxies collidePreviously, astronomers thought that when two galaxies smash into each other their gas clouds get churned up and seed the birth of new star...
13 Jul, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
A Space lawyer explains how we'll forge a civil society off EarthA series of UN treaties were formulated at a time when only two nations had access to space, and since then, over 120 countries have ratifi...
22 Jun, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
This (asteroid) too shall passA R Rahman’s double Oscar win at the Academy Awards this year in recognition of his professional excellence was, arguably, the high point o...
06 Mar, 2009, 01.27 AM IST