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Ladakh gets world's highest MACE ObservatoryLadakh now hosts the Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment observatory, the world's highest imaging Cherenkov telescope, inaugurated by Dr...10 Oct, 2024, 04.54 PM IST- China, France launch satellite to better understand the universeThe 930-kilogram satellite carrying four instruments -- two French, two Chinese -- took off around 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) aboard a Chinese Long...22 Jun, 2024, 01.56 PM IST
- Caltech professor Shrinivas R Kulkarni bags Shaw Prize for his work in astronomyKulkarni is the younger brother of well-known writer and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, and hails from Karnataka. He was born in Kurundwad...22 May, 2024, 09.26 PM IST
- ISRO's AstroSat detects over 600 gamma-ray bursts over 8 yearsIndia's AstroSat space telescope has detected over 600 Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB), marking the death of a massive star or merging of neutron sta...28 Nov, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
- Scientists spot Sun-like star being devoured by a hungry black holeSwift was originally designed to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. Since the satellite launched, however,...08 Sep, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
- A kiss is, indeed, just a kiss, even in SpainThe president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, has faced backlash for kissing Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso on the mouth ...25 Aug, 2023, 10.39 PM IST
- NASA's 300 kg retired satellite may crash on to earth today; Should you worry?After 16 years of operations, NASA decommissioned the satellite due to communications difficulties with the spacecraft.20 Apr, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
- Big boom in the distant Universe: GRB 221009A or B.O.A.T likely the most powerful explosion in space ever, read detailsAstronomers recorded a powerful explosion in space, which might become a historical event! Nicknaming it BOAT (Brightest of All Times). Whi...15 Oct, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
- China successfully launches two satellites for gravitational wave detectionChina on Thursday successfully launched two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satelli...10 Dec, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
- Energy in a blink: How powerful are gamma ray bursts?Astronomers recently discovered the brightest infrared light ever seen from a short gamma ray burst.04 Dec, 2020, 09.44 AM IST
- Observation of two neutron stars merger 'breakthrough of the year'Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) The first observations of a merger between two faraway neutron stars, a violent celestial event that generated ti...22 Dec, 2017, 04.42 PM IST
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's originKolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...17 Oct, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- Gravitational waves from neutron stars' merger just the beginningWashington, Oct 17 (IANS) In yet another interstellar feat, scientists at the LIGO detectors and the world over detected the first "ripples...17 Oct, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
- NASA observatory detects mysterious cosmic explosionWashington, April 1 (IANS) A mysterious flash of X-rays probably resulting from a "completely new type of cataclysmic event" in space has b...01 Apr, 2017, 03.54 PM IST
- NASA super pressure balloon begins around-the-world journeyThe purpose of the flight is to test and validate the super pressure balloon technology with the goal of long-duration flight (over 100 day...19 May, 2016, 04.58 PM IST
- Rare space radio signals to better test Albert Einstein's theory of General RelativityThe new method using radio waves, called Fast Radio Bursts, is ten to hundred times better than previous testing methods that used gamma-ra...01 Jan, 2016, 05.37 PM IST
- PSLV-C8 to be launched on Apr 23ISRO is scheduled to launch its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-8 carrying the Italian scientific satellite Agile and India's Advanced Avi...11 Apr, 2007, 01.00 PM IST
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