IIT Guwahati-ISRO study yields new insight on X-ray polarization in pulsarsResearchers from IIT Guwahati and ISRO have discovered surprisingly low polarization in X-rays emitted by the Galactic Ultraluminous Pulsar...
28 Aug, 2024, 09.29 PM IST
Meet Dr. Hashima Hasan, the Lucknow genius behind NASA's epic James Webb Space telescope!Embark on the cosmic odyssey of Dr. Hashima Hasan, a visionary Indian scientist integral to NASA's groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescop...
12 Jan, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
Home to Sun observatory, Udaipur behind 1 of 7 Aditya L-1 payloadsScientists from Udaipur, a popular travel and wedding destination, have contributed to the solar mission Aditya L-1 by developing one of it...
03 Sep, 2023, 06.22 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
Mumbai-based scientist Ravindra Kumar is creating stars' temperatures on his tabletopRavindra Kumar assembled the equipment, at a cost of around Rs 15 cr, to study matter at extreme conditions.
20 Jan, 2019, 07.05 AM IST
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's origin
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
17 Oct, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- Citizen scientists discover brown dwarf 100 light years away
New York, June 4 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a brown dwarf -- sometimes called "failed stars" -- a little more than 100 light years a...
04 Jun, 2017, 04.05 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
Record breaking brown dwarf identifiedThe dwarf is estimated to have formed about 10 bn years ago, measurements also suggest it has a mass equivalent to 90 times that of Jupiter.
25 Mar, 2017, 01.35 PM IST
- Purest, most massive brown dwarf identified
London, March 25 (IANS) A record breaking brown dwarf -- a star too small for nuclear fusion -- with the purest composition and the highest...
25 Mar, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
- 'Vampire' star caught in the act by Indian space observatory
Scientists say the smaller star, also called a "blue straggler", feeds off its companion star by sucking out its mass and energy, causing i...
29 Jan, 2017, 01.08 PM IST
- Astronomers spot giant 'cannonballs' shooting from star
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) Using NASA's Hubble space telescope data, scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have detected superhot blobs...
07 Oct, 2016, 02.15 PM IST
How some of the most ambitious global science projects are opening new vistas for Indian scientistsThe detection of gravitational waves, an experiment involving diverse technologies, will provide the scientific community in India with a u...
10 Jul, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
India, US sign MoU for setting up LIGO observatory in IndiaIndia and the US today signed an MoU for establishing Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India that will play si...
31 Mar, 2016, 10.52 PM IST
Intolerance: Scientists urge President Pranab Mukherjee to initiate suitable action"We, the scientists, are concerned about the recent developments with reference to intolerance, polarisation and spread of communal hatred ...
27 Oct, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
Safe and clean energy: How seawater can power the worldDebate about America’s energy supply is heating up: Gas prices are rising, ethanol is under attack and nuclear power continues to struggle ...
12 Jul, 2011, 12.22 PM IST
- SRO to launch foreign satellite as primary payload first time
India for the first time will launch a foreign satellite -- an Italian one -- as a primary payload on a home-grown rocket, as space scienti...
25 Mar, 2007, 01.33 PM IST