What is Planet Nine, and where is it? Mystery of large hidden planet beyond Neptune explainedWhat is Planet Nine, and where is it? The question has fascinated astronomers for years. Scientists believe a massive undiscovered planet m...
09 Jun, 2026, 09.04 AM IST
If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, why is it silent on radio signals but rich in methane from another star system?If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, its discovery may be even more important. Scientists detected no radio signals from the interstellar come...
05 Jun, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
NASA plans to send a planet hunter to scan the Galaxy for 100,000 new alien worldsNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover approximately 100,000 exoplanets, significantly expanding our understanding ...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Astronomers detect erratic deep-space radio signal repeating every 36 minutes for eight days, then it suddenly ‘switched off’Astronomers have found a strange object in our galaxy. It sent radio signals every 36 minutes for eight days. Then it stopped. This object,...
08 May, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
Nancy Roman Grace Space Telescope ready with 100x Hubble field of view as NASA completes assembly ahead of launchNASA has completed the assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at its Goddard facility, marking a major milestone ahead of its pl...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.08 PM IST
How Close Have Asteroids Come to Earth Without Us Knowing?Smaller asteroids frequently pass Earth closer than the Moon, often undetected until after their close encounters. While large, planet-thre...
26 Feb, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
NASA Reveals a Brand-New Map of the Universe: How SPHEREx Will Chart the Cosmos Like Never BeforeNASA's new SPHEREx observatory has released its first all-sky cosmic map. This map uses 102 infrared wavelengths to reveal the universe in ...
14 Feb, 2026, 04.37 PM IST
James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning ultra deep field image, revealing the universe’s earliest galaxies in infraredThe James Webb Space Telescope revisited Hubble's Ultra Deep Field, capturing infrared images revealing thousands of distant galaxies. JWST...
05 Aug, 2025, 08.17 PM IST
NASA’s next big mission: A cutting-edge telescope is launching soon — Here’s what SPHEREx will exploreSPHEREx, NASA's latest space telescope, was initially set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late February. But the mission has b...
01 Mar, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
NASA’s new telescope is more powerful than James Webb: Here’s what it could reveal about the Big Bang and the universeNASA prepares to launch SPHEREx, a groundbreaking telescope surpassing James Webb's capabilities in certain aspects. With a modest $488 mil...
03 Feb, 2025, 08.17 PM IST
How NASA's new washing machine-sized instrument will help protect Earth from asteroidsNASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission aims to detect and track asteroids and comets that pose a threat to Earth. The infrared space tel...
01 Sep, 2024, 01.55 PM IST
NASA tracks mysterious object exiting the Milky WayAmateur astronomers part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project identified CWISE J1249, a fast-moving object exiting the Milky Way, us...
18 Aug, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
China launches new camera satellite with high resolution to find resourcesChina on Sunday launched a new satellite with a camera that can take pictures of the ground with a resolution of five meters, the China Nat...
26 Dec, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
ISRO's HySIS satellite sends first image, covering parts of Lakhpat area in GujaratThe 380-kg HySIS is meant to study the earth's surface in the visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic ...
03 Dec, 2018, 04.42 PM IST
- NASA's next generation space telescope plan takes a pause
Washington, April 28 (IANS) NASA said it is initiating an independent external review to know how long it will take and how much it will co...
28 Apr, 2017, 02.15 PM IST
New NASA telescope to help unlock secrets of universeBy blocking the light of the host star, the Coronagraph Instrument will enable detailed measurements of the chemical makeup of planetary at...
19 Feb, 2016, 01.58 PM IST
Our universe is slowly dying: StudyA new study of 200,000 galaxies found that the energy generated by the galaxies is half of what it was two billion years ago.
11 Aug, 2015, 01.42 PM IST