This gas led to the formation of stars and expansion of galaxies: New study reveals how neutral gas shaped the early UniverseThis gas led to the formation of stars and expansion of galaxies during the early stages of the Universe. A new study by an international t...
16 Jun, 2026, 05.57 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
NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...
12 May, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
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
3I/ATLAS came from mysterious frontier of Early Milky Way? Scientists study interstellar comet's origin, track trajectory, travel speed, age3I/ATLAS may have come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way. Scientists tracked its trajectory for millions of years and sug...
06 Oct, 2025, 10.27 PM IST
Deep space mystery: What we know about the mysterious radio bursts from beyond the Milky WayAstronomers have detected a series of unusual, repeating radio signals, named FRB 20240619D, originating from beyond the Milky Way. The Mee...
27 Aug, 2025, 05.20 PM IST
Supermassive black hole, 6,00,000 times the mass of Sun, is heading towards the Milky Way. When is the collision likely to happen?Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This black hole is 600,000 times the mass of the Sun. The L...
14 Feb, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
CWISE J1249+3621: A mysterious object hurtling at 1 million miles per hour leaves astronomers in shockTom Bickle, an astronomy student in Southampton, discovered a hypervelocity object moving at a million miles per hour. The object, possibly...
22 Aug, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
Shakti and Shiva: German Max Planck Institute identifies building blocks that created our galaxy, Milky WayAstronomers have discovered the earliest "building blocks" of the Milky Way galaxy, named 'Shakti' and 'Shiva', dating back 12-13 billion y...
22 Mar, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers distant and active supermassive black holeNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant-known active supermassive black hole, located in galaxy CEERS 1019. Recently...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
Not just a race to space, egos clash in the Bezos and Musk rivalry that comes with out-of-this-world financial stakesThe tech entrepreneurs have each channeled some of their vast fortunes into private space exploration companies.
03 May, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
- NASA's Hubble finds 'relic galaxy' near Milky Way
London, March 13 (IANS) Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have unearthed a "relic galaxy" in the Milky Way's backyard.
13 Mar, 2018, 12.12 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
- Milky Way stars kicked out by invading galaxies spotted
London, Feb 28 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has discovered evidence to show that some stars located in the Galactic halo sur...
28 Feb, 2018, 01.42 PM IST
- 13% of sky covered by mysterious fast-moving gas, shows map
Sydney, Dec 5 (IANS) At least 13 per cent of the sky is covered by high-velocity clouds of gas moving at speeds of hundreds of kilometres p...
05 Dec, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
- Astronomers spot rare pulsating star 7,000 light years away
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) Astronomers have spotted a rare pulsating star which is expanding and contracting in three different directions sim...
17 Feb, 2017, 07.21 AM IST
Smallest known galaxy M60-UCD1 with supermassive black hole foundAstronomers led by an Indian-origin scientist discovered a monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest and densest galaxies ever k...
18 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST