'Just as cosmos lights up universe, Diwali illuminates our homes and hearts': NASA shares special image to send greetings; Check hereNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Omega Nebula (M17), a significant star-forming region in the Milky Way g...
01 Nov, 2024, 07.16 PM IST
Two asteroids, including a massive 120-foot one, to fly past Earth on Sept 24. NASA says thisNasa Asteroids: Two asteroids will pass by Earth on September 24, 2024. One of them, Asteroid 2024 RO11, is notable for its size of 120 fee...
22 Sep, 2024, 05.47 PM IST
NASA shares visual of nebula resembling curved legs of black widow spider; Check it hereNASA has shared a visual of the Red Spider Nebula, located 3,000 light-years away in Sagittarius. The nebula features powerful stellar wind...
12 Sep, 2024, 12.36 PM 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
James Webb Space Telescope: humanity's eyes into the pastThe photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope, which show off the capabilities of the $10-billion telescope built to gaze far into sp...
16 Jul, 2022, 03.07 PM IST
'Never seen before': Catch a glimpse of first image shared by NASA's James Webb Space TelescopeNASA has released the first image sent by the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. It is a picture of the universe that has never been s...
12 Jul, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
- Massive stars are abundant in nearby galaxy than thought
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Astronomers have discovered an "astonishing" overabundance of massive stars in a neighbouring galaxy, to our own Milky...
05 Jan, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
- NASA's 60th anniversary logo represents quest for knowledge
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) NASA has said the logo it has released for use in observing the 60th anniversary of its establishment as a US gove...
04 Jan, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
Jupiter is the oldest planet in solar system: StudyJupiter is the most massive planet of the solar system and its presence had an immense effect on the dynamics of the solar accretion disk.
14 Jun, 2017, 12.27 PM IST
- Solar nebula formed 4.6 bn years ago: Study
New York, Feb 13 (IANS) It was 4.6 billion years ago when an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas and dust collapsed under its own weight, eventu...
14 Feb, 2017, 08.53 AM IST
- Bengaluru's hi-tech planetarium reopens for viewing cosmos
Bengaluru, Jan 17 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium reopened here on Tuesday with a hybrid projector system for a breath-taking view ...
17 Jan, 2017, 10.42 PM IST
Life on Earth's soils began earlier than thought: Studya closer look at the salt of the rocks suggests they had to have experienced evaporation on land, according to Gregory Retallack, from the ...
20 Nov, 2016, 09.13 PM IST
Twin Jet Nebula is a marvelous cosmic butterflyWithin the wings, starting from the star system and extending horizontally outwards like veins are two faint blue patches.
27 Aug, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
Astronomers discover young solar system around nearby starAn international team used the Gemini South telescope to capture images that show a ring-like disk of debris surrounding a Sun-like star.
03 Jun, 2015, 02.05 PM IST
Building blocks of life found in distant star systemAstronomers have detected presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disc surrounding a young ...
12 Apr, 2015, 05.52 PM IST
Microprobes bearing sensors to head for JupiterTransmitting 20 megabits of data over fifteen minutes would be sufficient to allow scientists to get a picture of a large part of the atmos...
27 Jan, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
Comet trailer: You watched Mangalyaan, now prepare for another celestial journeyScientists believe that comets may have been the first solids to condense out of the solar nebula from which the solar system was born.
11 Nov, 2014, 12.23 PM IST