A ghost particle from Antarctica has led scientists to a hidden galaxy 11 billion light-years away, pointing to a new kind of cosmic neutri...

A peculiar cosmic event, dubbed EP240305a, has baffled astronomers with its rapid X-ray fade and lingering radio signals. Detected by China...

April 5th in US history witnessed pivotal moments: President Washington's first veto in 1792, standardization of measurements in 1893, the ...

India embarks on a journey to expand its celestial horizons through investments in advanced telescopes and observatories. This strategic sh...

Indian-origin astronomer Shrinivas Kulkarni received the Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal. He is recognized for groundbreaking work in...

Ladakh now hosts the Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment observatory, the world's highest imaging Cherenkov telescope, inaugurated by Dr...

The T Coronae Borealis binary system nova event, repeating every 80 years, may erupt by September 2024. Stargazers can witness this rare ph...

The 930-kilogram satellite carrying four instruments -- two French, two Chinese -- took off around 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) aboard a Chinese Long...

Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the youngest member of the "Great Observatory" programme, has completed 15 years ...

Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) The first observations of a merger between two faraway neutron stars, a violent celestial event that generated ti...

The detection of gravitational waves has produced a burst of activity around the world have increased investment in gravitational astronomy.

Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...

Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) In yet another interstellar feat, scientists at the LIGO detectors and the world over detected the first "ripples...

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Astronomers have identified a pulsar spinning at more than 42,000 revolutions per minute, making it the second-fas...

Washington, April 1 (IANS) A mysterious flash of X-rays probably resulting from a "completely new type of cataclysmic event" in space has b...

Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, scientists have found the first gamma-ray binary in anoth...

On June 15, one of NASA's satellites picked up a torrent of x-rays all coming from a single source: the black hole.