Strange ‘space laser’ from early universe detected on Earth: Scientists explain why this signal should not existAstronomers have detected an unusually powerful “space laser” signal from about 8 billion light-years away using the MeerKAT radio telescop...
13 Apr, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
What Would You Actually See If You Fell Toward a Black Hole?Falling into a black hole presents a bizarre cosmic experience. From afar, an observer sees time slow and light redshift. Inside, spacetime...
28 Feb, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
The Star That Exploded Twice: How Gravitational Lensing Made a Supernova ReappearA distant supernova appeared to explode twice, baffling astronomers. This cosmic event was explained by Einstein's theory of general relati...
27 Feb, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
3I/ATLAS might have just proven Einstein's 1915 theory right before unusually deviating near the Sun, which resurfaces the question: Is it really a comet?Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has seemingly confirmed Einstein's general relativity by exhibiting gravitational lensing as it neared the Sun...
04 Nov, 2025, 06.47 AM IST
Astronomers discover massive Invisible dark matter object that is million times larger than the sun’s massScientists have found out a massive dark matter that is entirely invisible to the naked eye, as per the study in Nature Astronomy. It has a...
14 Oct, 2025, 12.36 AM IST
Black hole 36 billion times Sun’s mass discovered, likely the biggest ever in spaceScientists have spotted a giant black hole. It is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. This black hole resides 5 billion light-years away....
08 Aug, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
Is Einstein's theory wrong? Scientists unveil groundbreaking weak spotA study by researchers from the Universities of Geneva and Toulouse, based on the Dark Energy Survey, has revealed slight discrepancies in ...
27 Nov, 2024, 01.54 PM IST
Euclid: ESA's telescope captures stunning images, gives rare view of dark universe. Know about breakthroughDark matter is a mysterious substance that can bend and distort light. This phenomenon is called 'gravitational lensing'. In extreme cases,...
24 May, 2024, 02.03 AM IST
NASA's James Webb Telescope captures stunning image of farthest star at 28 billion light years awayThe telescope used the gravitational lensing technique and traced back to the universe's earliest era, roughly 13.8 billion years ago. The ...
15 Aug, 2023, 12.39 PM IST
- Hubble spots farthest individual star ever seen
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Setting a new distance record, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an enormous blue ...
03 Apr, 2018, 09.57 AM IST
- Astronomers capture most distant star ever seen
Washington, April 2 (IANS) American astronomers have captured the most distant normal star ever observed, some 9 billion light years from E...
02 Apr, 2018, 11.17 PM IST
Farthest known galaxy in the universe discovered: NASAThough a few other primitive galaxies have been seen at this early epoch, they have essentially all looked like red dots given their small ...
14 Jan, 2018, 01.25 PM IST
- Galaxy 1,000 times brighter than Milky Way discovered
London, July 15 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a very distant galaxy which is about a thousand times brighter than the Milky Way.
15 Jul, 2017, 04.27 PM IST
- Hubble captures universe's brightest galaxies
New York, June 7 (IANS) Using a cosmic magnifying-glass effect, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured unique close-up views of the bri...
07 Jun, 2017, 06.15 PM IST
Gas giant planet discovered near Milky Way's bulgeScientists have detected a strong light curve signal coming from OGLE-2014-BLG-1760. They assume that it must be caused by the presence of ...
27 Mar, 2016, 04.50 PM IST
Most 'outrageously luminous' galaxies ever discoveredAstronomers have observed the most luminous galaxies ever seen in the universe - objects so bright that the researchers have taken to calli...
23 Mar, 2016, 03.40 PM IST
One of the most distant planets discoveredA remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away has been discovered by scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
15 Apr, 2015, 01.26 PM IST