‘Missing scientists’ cases may be random; Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb warns what’s actually threatening America’s scientific superiorityUS officials are investigating several scientists' deaths and disappearances as a national security issue. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb states t...
29 Apr, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
Astronomers detect record-breaking ‘Space Laser’ from merging galaxies 8 billion light-years awayAstronomers have detected the most distant and brightest "space laser," a megamaser, originating from a galactic collision when the univers...
14 Apr, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
Strange ‘space laser’ from early universe detected on Earth: Scientists explain why this signal should not existAstronomers have detected an unusually powerful “space laser” signal from about 8 billion light-years away using the MeerKAT radio telescop...
13 Apr, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
Nearby star hurls plasma into space, astronomers capture it for the first time and it changes everything we know about life on other planetsScientists have confirmed that eruptions from distant stars can escape their star's pull. A radio telescope in the Netherlands detected a t...
14 Nov, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
This is how astronomers have found universe’s missing ordinary matterAstronomers have used fast radio bursts (FRBs) to locate the universe’s missing ordinary matter. This matter had not been detected before b...
17 Jun, 2025, 01.02 AM IST
A secret alien message: A powerful radio signal from the edge of the universe has stunned astronomersAstronomers have detected the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, an 8-billion-year-old pulse that has been traveling for mo...
25 Oct, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
Astronomers unlock the secrets of 8 billion year old radio burstsAstronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery after detecting a fast radio burst (FRB) that occurred 8 billion years ago. This particula...
20 Oct, 2023, 07.03 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
McGill & IISc astronomers detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy using GMRTThe astronomical distance over which such a signal has been picked up is the largest so far by a large margin. This is also the first confi...
16 Jan, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Why moon matters for future interplanetary missionsMoon will likely be the base for future interplanetary missions. A presence there is of strategic importance.
08 Sep, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
Indian telescope discovers most distant radio galaxy everThe galaxy is perceived as it looked when the universe was only a billion years old, according to the study appearing in the journal Monthl...
09 Aug, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
- Scientists create detailed map of the Milky Way
Sydney, Oct 20 (IANS) Scientists have created a detailed map of the Milky Way using two large fully steerable radio telescopes in Germany a...
20 Oct, 2016, 01.25 PM IST
China's world's mega telescope construction enters final stageUpon completion, the telescope will be the world's largest of its kind, overtaking Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, which is 300 meters i...
22 Nov, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Indian astronomers spot rare giant radio galaxyThe newly discovered galaxy known by its scientific name 'J021659-044920' is the newest member of this elite group.
08 Nov, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
China begins assembling world's largest radio telescopeThe Chinese technicians began to assemble the telescope's reflector, which is 500 meters in diameter and made up of 4,450 panels.
23 Jul, 2015, 10.10 PM IST
Scientists discover 5 billion light-years away galaxyThe galaxy was discovered in radio emission traveling to earth using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder telescope (ASKAP).
10 Jul, 2015, 02.02 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