Ancient stardust frozen in Antarctic ice just revealed where Earth has been in the universeScientists found ancient stardust in Antarctic ice. This dust comes from exploded stars. It shows Earth has traveled through space clouds. ...
11 May, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking: 'I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.' Life lessons on happiness, intelligence and human nature by theoretical physicistQuote of the day by Stephen Hawking highlights the possibility of alien life and the rarity of intelligence. The quote connects science, cu...
29 Mar, 2026, 01.02 AM IST
Intergalactic predators? James Webb data hints supermassive black holes may act like cosmic killers, preventing star birth in distant galaxiesNew research reveals that active supermassive black holes can suppress star formation in neighboring galaxies across vast intergalactic dis...
26 Feb, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
How will the universe end? Scientists explore its possible futureThe universe, which originated 14 billion years ago in the Big Bang, remains to evolve. Stars and galaxies form, age, and eventually die, w...
01 Dec, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
Samsung Galaxy XR features: First android XR headset with advanced Google AI integration at $1,800Samsung has launched the Galaxy XR, an AI-powered extended reality headset, in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Priced at $1,800, it...
22 Oct, 2025, 01.25 PM IST
The intriguing intersection of mathematics and life: A personal encounterAn encounter at San Francisco's de Young Museum with a scholar inspires reflections on the pervasive belief in the power of mathematics. Th...
01 Mar, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Milky Way's black hole spilling superheated gas, astronomers claim to know its locationA gigantic blackhole spills massive superheated gases into the Milky Way that creates massive explosions. It is more like an exhaust vent w...
29 Jun, 2024, 01.13 AM IST
Astronomers use the upgraded GMRT to measure the gas mass of galaxies in the distant UniverseThe study resulted in a measurement of the average atomic gas content of star-forming galaxies located 4 billion light years away, when the...
24 Nov, 2019, 09.42 PM IST
Asteroids may play key role in spreading life: StudyCalculations showed there may be as many as 10 trillion asteroid-sized objects carrying life, according to Idan Ginsburg, a postdoctoral sc...
10 Jul, 2019, 12.04 PM IST
- Monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away spotted
Tokyo, Aug 30 (IANS) Astronomers have obtained the most detailed anatomy chart of a monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away, u...
30 Aug, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
NASA probe set to uncover mysteries of rare 'relic galaxy'The wayward stellar island may provide valuable insights into the origin and evolution of galaxies billions of years ago.
13 Mar, 2018, 12.07 PM IST
- Bigger black holes turn off star formation in galaxies earlier
New York, Jan 2 (IANS) Researchers have found evidence that the mass of black holes in the centre of the galaxy determines how soon its sta...
02 Jan, 2018, 01.37 PM IST
- Massive black holes might lurk on edge of Milky Way
New York, Oct 31 (IANS) The outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions, s...
31 Oct, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
Stephen Hawking's mission to find alien life detects mystery signalsThe initial 10-year programme will survey the 1,000,000 closest stars to Earth, scanning the entire galactic plane of the Milky Way.
02 Sep, 2017, 04.51 PM IST
- NASA mission to study cosmic material between stars
Washington, March 26 (IANS) NASA has announced plans to launch a balloon-borne observatory to study the emissions from the cosmic material ...
26 Mar, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
Is there anybody out there? What are the chances that other planets have life?Scientists think that there is probability that other planets have life. This is because life originated spontaneously through chemistry.
23 Jul, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
The same sense across the universeThere are 100 billion galaxies in the known universe with an estimated 100 billion stars in each of them. Planets, which form parts of indi...
04 Sep, 2009, 12.47 AM IST