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A black hole destroys a star, then fires off a powerful jet years later — scientists discover the 'burping' feeding pattern behind these cosmic outbursts- The universe still has the ingredients to make stars, so why has star formation fallen so dramatically? Scientists uncover a cosmic puzzle
- In 1932, a Bell Labs engineer trying to solve mysterious static from transatlantic phone calls that repeated every 23 hours and 56 minutes accidentally discovered radio waves from the center of the Milky Way
- Earlier in 2026, a University of Sydney PhD student traced a 1.34497-hour radio pulse to a dead star. Today, its 1.368-hour orbit explains why the bursts repeatEarlier in 2026, a University of Sydney PhD student traced a 1.34497-hour radio pulse to a dead star. Today, its 1.368-hour orbit explains ...22 Aug, 2026, 08.14 PM IST
- Shouted ‘Quit India’ as a schoolboy; studied Milky way galaxy through Hindi poem: This Indian scientist, inspired by Gandhi, later built two of the world's most powerful radio telescopesIndependence day 2026: Built two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes with limited resources and designs no one had attempted befo...13 Aug, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
- Scientists uncover a hidden force shaping the Sun in breathtaking new imagesNew images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal swirling plasma patterns. Scientists have observed Kelvin-Helmholtz instability...05 Aug, 2026, 09.38 PM IST
- Top Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Richard Feynman: Are we asking the right questions about our world? Life lessons from great scientists on curiosity, creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, discipline, innovation, personal growth, and how their revolutionary ideas guide modern progressToday's Top Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Richard Feynman: Human progress is driven not merely by discovering answe...05 Aug, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
- Space jam: 'Raspberry sugar' discovered near the centre of the Milky Way; what scientists say about life's building blocks forming before planets existedA sugar molecule found in raspberries has been detected near the Milky Way's center. This marks the first time the molecule has been identi...14 Jul, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
- In 1967, a Cambridge student found a strange signal every 1.3 seconds, and changed astronomy foreverA graduate student's meticulous review of radio telescope data in 1967 led to a groundbreaking discovery. Jocelyn Bell Burnell identified a...06 May, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
- February 26, today in world history: Solar radio waves discovered, Gulf war ceasefire declared, Pokémon makes debutOn this day, significant events unfolded, including the discovery of solar radio waves in 1942, marking the birth of solar radio astronomy....27 Feb, 2026, 01.44 PM IST
- Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt wants to build a cosmic search engineEric Schmidt, a former CEO of Google, and his wife Wendy are funding four advanced telescopes, including one for space. These observatories...10 Jan, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
- 3I/ATLAS sending radio signals? New shocking revelation by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory throws challenge to speculations and scientific theories; here’s the reality behind latest observationNew findings bolster the natural origin theory for comet 3I/Atlas. An observatory in South Africa detected radio frequency patterns. These ...12 Nov, 2025, 01.52 PM IST
- 'Dead star or something new': Mysterious object found in Milky Way emits X-rays and radio waves every 44 minutesAstronomers have identified ASKAP J1832−091, a peculiar object in the Milky Way, emitting synchronized X-ray and radio waves every 44 minut...28 May, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
- Astronomers spot the largest cosmic giant of its kind in the distant universeAstronomers have discovered an enormous radio jet stretching over 200,000 light-years from a quasar in the early universe, offering rare in...23 Feb, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
- India's largest radio telescope key to detecting the universe's vibrationsThe findings were published on Thursday by a team of global scientists, including from Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) which used the Pu...29 Jun, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
- Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy - and it's becoming an achievable goalThe Moon also offers opportunities for other types of astronomy as well. Astronomers have lots of experience with optical and infrared tele...19 Apr, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
- Meet the citizen astronomers who chase starsDespite many hurdles, India has a thriving citizen astronomy community — extremely tech savvy and motivated, says Vishal Upendran, a PhD sc...08 Dec, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
- AI helps track down mysterious cosmic radio burstsNew York, Sep 11 (IANS) Researchers have used machine learning to discover 72 new fast radio bursts from a mysterious source some 3 billion...11 Sep, 2018, 06.02 PM IST
- Meet the Indian astrophysicists who discovered the Saraswati SuperclusterAmong the major challenges in working in this field in India is the lack of large-scale experimental facilities for scientists.23 Jul, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
- New images shows earliest stages of planet formationScientists have captured new images of a young star, located about 450 light-years away from Earth, which show the very earliest stages in ...18 Mar, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
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