NASA is racing to save a legendary Space telescope before it falls back to EarthNASA is executing an unprecedented, first-of-its-kind rescue mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a highly successful 21-yea...
NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue missionNASA is launching a daring $30 million mission this week to rescue the aging Swift Observatory from falling back to Earth. A robotic lifesa...
A tiny particle that landed in Antarctica led scientists to a hidden galaxy 11 billion light-years awayA ghost particle from Antarctica has led scientists to a hidden galaxy 11 billion light-years away, pointing to a new kind of cosmic neutri...
Einstein Probe discovers mysterious cosmic explosion unlike anything astronomers have seen beforeA peculiar cosmic event, dubbed EP240305a, has baffled astronomers with its rapid X-ray fade and lingering radio signals. Detected by China...
Plan in the works to let hospitals import med equipment directlyIndia's drug regulator is proposing to allow hospitals to directly import advanced medical equipment like MRI and CT scanners, bypassing cu...
A Star that keeps dying? Scientists shocked by cosmic explosion defying all expectationsLongest gamma ray burst ever: Scientists have spotted a strange cosmic explosion. This gamma-ray burst repeated several times in a day. Typ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Time to gaze at more contemporary starsThe younger generation, both sets of names may seem equally anachronistic, so the recent initiative by Nasa while putting together a new ma...
- 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...
- NASA telescope spots most extreme blazars yet
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose inte...
- NASA telescope spots sizzling gamma-ray binary in space
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, scientists have found the first gamma-ray binary in anoth...
New dwarf galaxy signals presence of dark matterThe exact source of this high-energy light is uncertain at this point but it just might be a signal of dark matter lurking at the galaxy's ...
Strong metal foam to protect from harmful radiationScientists have developed a new strong, lightweight composite metal foam that can block X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation.
- CBEC to buy Gamma scanners for ports
Despite objections raised by the (IB), CBEC will buy Gamma container scanning systems for use at ports.