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It’s not about how old you are. Maybe it’s about how old you make yourself out to be

19 Jun 2022 12:18 AM

Celestial excitement in store for sky gazers this month

Jupiter and Saturn will be shining bright in the southwestern hemisphere and Venus will shine right before dawn

13 Nov 2020 4:23 AM

It is very important to know the precise value of how fast the universe expands in order to determine the age, size, and fate of the cosmos. (Photo:Pixabay)

Astronomers measure expansion rate of Universe

Astronomers have measured the expansion rate of the universe using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

10 Jan 2020 8:37 PM

Stars that are slightly cooler and less luminous than the Sun are classified as K dwarfs, are the 'Goldilocks stars', said researcher Edward Guinan.

Study suggests 'goldilocks stars' are best places to look for life

Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called 'goldilocks zone'.

10 Jan 2020 6:05 PM

TESS, NASA's planet-hunting wing announced this during the 235th edition of American Astronomical Society's meeting in Honolulu (Representative Image)

NASA discovers Earth-sized planet with habitable conditions within 100 light years

Astronomers have made sure of the planet's potential with the help of the space research organization's Spitzer Space Telescope.

08 Jan 2020 3:51 PM

In a novel approach, the researchers focused on heavy disks around supermassive black holes in the nuclei of galaxies (Photo: AFP)

Study shows possibility of planets revolving around a black hole

New theory shows that tens of thousands of planets, 10 times the mass of the Earth, could be formed some 10 light-years from a black hole.

27 Nov 2019 10:40 AM

Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos.

Scientists observe highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst ever

The gamma-ray burst had an afterglow that featured the highest energy photons, a trillion times more energetic than visible light.

25 Nov 2019 11:53 AM

With more than 1,000 sensors, or pixels, this camera might be of great help in future space-based telescopes searching for chemical signs of life on other planets (Photo: Pixabay)

This light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark matter

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created one of the highest-performance cameras ever

20 Nov 2019 10:38 AM

The findings of two researchers which include the relative age of Titan's geologic terrains, were recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy. (Photo: NASA)

First global geologic map of Saturn's largest moon Titan completed

The map fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains on the celestial body's surgace.

19 Nov 2019 10:50 AM

Together with parts of Argentina and New Zealand, northern Chile is one of the few places in the world that will be directly facing the sun when the moon passes in front of the earth. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Astronomical tourism in Chile aided by solar eclipse frenzy

Solar eclipse frenzy to fuel astronomical tourism in Chile in coming months.

08 Jun 2019 1:11 PM

Solar system's first interstellar immigrant discovered

All of the planets in our solar system, and the vast majority of other objects as well, travel around the Sun in the same direction.

22 May 2018 12:37 PM

The spectra grew brighter and dimmer at least five times more slowly, stretching an event which normally lasts 100 days to over two years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Bizarre star that refuses to die discovered

The spectra obtained at Keck Observatory showed that this supernova looked like nothing ever seen before.

09 Nov 2017 3:19 PM

Inauguration of GOTO - credit Antonio González / IAC

Launch of telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves

New telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves officially launched in La Palma.

05 Jul 2017 11:24 AM

The Hunt for Vulcan By Thomas Levenson Random House, Rs 1,840.

Some exciting glimpses of the cosmos and beyond

So the author describes how anomalies in the motion of planet Uranus were a cause of worry.

09 Jun 2017 2:48 AM

In this July 24, 2009, file photo, the Gran Telescopio Canarias, one of the the world's largest telescopes, is viewed at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain. An agreement has been reached for a giant telescope to be built in Spain's Canary Islands if it cannot be put atop a Hawaii mountain. Telescope builder TMT International Observatory says Hawaii's Mauna Kea remains the preferred location for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope. (AP Photo/Carlos Moreno, File)

Giant telescope to show up in Spain if Hawaii isn’t possible

TMT International Observatory says Hawaii's Mauna Kea remains the preferred location for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope.

31 Mar 2017 10:38 AM

The total cost of the renovation and overhaul of the planetarium is estimated at Rs 40 crore.

Year later, revamped planetarium to open gates

The planetarium’s popularity grew each year and by 2014 it had received a footfall of more than 6.5 lakh visitors a year.

09 Jan 2017 5:39 AM

The NPL, one of the oldest laboratories in the country, has five atomic clocks and nearly 300 such pieces exist across the globe.

Extra second added to Indian time today

Adding the leap second to the Indian clock is done by the NPL under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

01 Jan 2017 9:27 PM

Supermoon to light up sky beginning Monday morning

The brightest moon in almost 69 years will be lighting up the sky.

14 Nov 2016 10:27 AM

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