New research reveals super-Earths are common in distant orbitsAn international team of astronomers has found that super-Earth exoplanets are far more common across the universe than once thought. Using...
27 Apr, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
NASA may have found fastest planetary system we have ever seen. Check key detailsScientists have discovered a potentially record-breaking fast planetary system, with a star and possible exoplanet moving at around 1.2 mil...
17 Feb, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
Bronze-Like Pro Color? All you need to know about the iPhone 16The iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max are the expected four models in this year's lineup too, however, with n...
20 Aug, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
- Star weighed using Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Washington, June 8 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has used the Hubble space telescope to measure the mass of a star by employi...
08 Jun, 2017, 02.05 PM IST
- 'Iceball' planet about the same mass as Earth discovered
Washington, April 27 (IANS) Scientists have discovered an "extremely cold" new planet about the same mass as Earth, and the same distance f...
27 Apr, 2017, 03.30 PM IST
- New method may detect 10 black holes per year
Toronto, Dec 16 (IANS) With the help of a new method, researchers can detect roughly 10 black holes per year -- doubling the number current...
16 Dec, 2016, 12.52 PM IST
- NASA's Hubble telescope spots a planet orbiting 2 stars
Washington, Sep 23 (IANS) Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and a trick of nature, have confirmed the existence of a planet ...
23 Sep, 2016, 10.52 AM IST
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler probe goes into emergency modeUnable to reach the probe till this weekend, NASA has declared a mission emergency for Kepler which has switched itself into emergency mode.
10 Apr, 2016, 01.26 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
World's thinnest lens created which is 2,000 times thinner than human hairThe finished lens is 6.3 nanometres in size as compared to the previous smallest lens which was 50 nanometres thick.
11 Mar, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
Distant Uranus-sized exoplanet discoveredWith a technique called gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a Uranus-sized exoplanet orbiting far from its central star.
31 Jul, 2015, 12.53 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
New Uranus like planet discovered by scientistsAstronomers have discovered a new planet that resembles our own Uranus in a binary star system 25,000 light-years away.
16 Oct, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
A camera that can click photos across 180 degreesThe new camera - a rounded half bubble, similar to a bulging fly eye - has 180 micro-lenses mounted on it, allowing it to take pictures acr...
02 May, 2013, 04.54 PM IST