A 400-year-old explosion, one of the biggest humans have ever witnessed, seen over 25 years as NASA shows Kepler Supernova’s uneven expansionNASA has released its longest-ever time-lapse from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing the expanding remains of Kepler’s Supernova, on...
07 Jan, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Royal Enfield launches all-new Meteor 350 line-up in India: Check features, price, booking date & moreRoyal Enfield introduces the updated Meteor 350 in India. The new lineup features enhanced features and fresh colors. Bookings are open now...
15 Sep, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
Dark matter and dark energy: What the universe is made of, and what we still don’t knowModern cosmology has precisely measured the universe's properties, yet dark matter and dark energy remain profound mysteries. While dark ma...
27 Aug, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
Astronomers discover a new type of Supernova, revealing inner layers of a dying starAstronomers have identified a novel supernova, SN2021yfj, revealing the inner layers of a dying star. Located 2.2 billion light-years away,...
23 Aug, 2025, 05.47 AM IST
Mysterious object found in Milky Way works like an X-ray machine, sends signals every 44 minutesA strange object, ASKAP J1935+2148, baffles scientists. It emits radio waves and X-rays every 44 minutes. Australian and NASA telescopes sp...
29 May, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
NASA’s supernova warning: Eta Carinae - 100 times bigger than the Sun - might explode any day nowEta Carinae, 10,000 light-years away from the Earth, is a star system poised for a potential supernova. Noted for its 19th-century 'superno...
08 Aug, 2024, 02.26 PM IST
Astronomers find rare 6 planets solar system orbiting star-like sun 100 light years awayA star system with six planets revolving around it has been discovered by a team of astronomers. This discovery could unravel more mysterie...
01 Dec, 2023, 10.53 PM IST
Bengaluru: Discovery of a new star challenges existing ideas of star formationScientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bengaluru have discovered a rare carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) star that suggests...
14 Aug, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen details of 'Green Monster'The James Webb Space Telescope has managed to capture details of Cassiopeia and "Green Monster"
12 Apr, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Newly discovered neutron star 'Impossible' spins slowly emitting 7 types of signalsAstronomers are stunned by the newly-discovered neutron star due to its ultra-slow spinning speed while it can emit seven different types o...
31 May, 2022, 08.51 PM IST
Researchers reveal important clues to understand the death of massive starsThey found that all three species of the neutrinos from the supernovae are important contrary to the common treatments with only two flavor...
12 Jan, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Mutations undergone by coronavirus tracked, three lineages discovered: StudyAccording to the researchers, including those from the University of Cambridge in the UK, there are three distinct "variants" of COVID-19, ...
10 Apr, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
- Amateur astronomer snaps exploding star's rare first light
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) Images captured by an amateur astronomer in Argentina has helped scientists obtain their first view of the initial ...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
- Did our solar system form in bubbles around massive star?
New York, Dec 26 (IANS) Floating a new theory about the birth of our solar system, a new study says that it could have formed in the bubble...
26 Dec, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
NASA's Hubble captures 'beating heart' of Crab NebulaThe neutron star at the very centre of the Crab Nebula has about the same mass as the Sun but compressed into an incredibly dense sphere th...
10 Jul, 2016, 02.30 PM IST
Most luminous supernova ever discoveredThe super-luminous supernova, called ASAS-SN-15lh, was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae team (ASAS-SN).
15 Jan, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
Astronomers peek through supernova using radio telescopes in Australia and ChileThe supernova, was first seen in S Hemisphere in 1987 when a giant star suddenly exploded at edge of a dwarf galaxy called Large Magellanic...
11 Nov, 2014, 06.23 PM IST