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Its titanic mass is one million billion times that of the Sun.

Giant galaxy supercluster found lurking in early Universe

The structure is the largest and most massive to be found so early in the formation of the Universe.

21 Oct 2018 10:51 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Believing there is a deeper meaning to everything helps

Previous research has found a link between meaningfulness and religion and well-being.

02 Sep 2018 3:19 PM

Einstein's gravity theory passes extreme test: Study

Einstein's insights into gravity still hold sway, even in one of the most extreme scenario.

05 Jul 2018 1:38 PM

The photo provided by the European Southern Observatory ESO taken from the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope is the first clear image of a planet caught in the very act of formation around the dwarf star PDS 70. The planet stands clearly out, visible as a bright point to the right of the centre of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the blinding light of the central star. (ESO via AP)

Astronomers report first image of baby planet being formed

Scientists said the planet appears as a bright spot in the snapshot taken using the ESO’s very large Telescope in Chile.

02 Jul 2018 8:18 PM

In 2012, the LHC was used to prove the existence of the Higgs Boson -- also dubbed the God particle. (Photo: NASA)

Upgrade to boost capacity of CERN's giant particle smasher

The powerful accelerator, which began operating in 2010, smashes high-energy protons into each other at velocities near the speed of light.

18 Jun 2018 11:49 AM

InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars. (Photo: AP)

NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep

InSight will dig deeper into Mars than ever before — nearly 16 feet, or 5 metres — to take the planet’s temperature.

06 May 2018 8:57 AM

An impression of 14 galaxies detected by ALMA (Atacama large Millimter/submillimeter Array) (Photo: ALMA)

Colossal cosmic collision alters understanding of early universe

The collision detected a pile-up of 14 galaxies, which are 90 per cent away across the observable universe.

26 Apr 2018 10:18 AM

Experts suggest that the mass of the god particle may some day undergo change and might cause it to tear apart all processes making life in universe possible (Photo: Pixabay)

A collision with a bubble of negative energy will lead to the end of the universe

The series of events leading to this may have already been triggered off due to interactions with black holes.

03 Apr 2018 5:33 PM

Because its light has taken so long to reach Earth, looking at this star is like peering back in time to when the universe was less than a third of its current age. (Photo: NASA)

Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe

The star spotted in this study is formally named MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star-1.

03 Apr 2018 8:35 AM

This Nov. 16image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, lighter area in center. Several other galaxies can be seen through it. The unusual galaxy's stars are speeding around with no apparent influence from dark matter, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. (Photo: AP)

Astronomers discover galaxy without dark matter

The discovery could revise or even upend theories of how galaxies are formed.

29 Mar 2018 9:46 AM

A new moon describes the lunar phase when our satellite is positioned between Earth and the Sun. (Photo: Pixabay)

Upcoming new moon is the perfect time for stargazing

It's also invisible, because the sun is illuminating the side of the moon that always faces away from Earth.

12 Mar 2018 7:03 PM

The observation came after a decade-long quest, years earlier than expected, and was described as the biggest astronomical breakthrough. (Photo: Pixabay)

Astronomers detect signal of Universe's first stars: Study

Finding this miniscule signal has opened a new window on the early Universe.

01 Mar 2018 3:40 PM

The moon turns a reddish hue as it passes through the earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse as seen in Gauhati, India.

First Super Blue Blood Moon in 35 years

NASA is calling it a lunar trifecta: the first super blue blood moon since 1982. That combination won't happen again until 2037.

31 Jan 2018 9:08 PM

Preliminary analysis suggests the diminutive galaxy weighs in at no more than 3 billion solar masses (credit: NASA)

NASA discovers farthest known Galaxy in the universe

A primitive cluster of stars which are about 500 million years old were spotted by NASA.

14 Jan 2018 2:00 PM

An illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near active black hole. (Photo: NASA)

Farthest ever super big black hole from early universe found

The black hole lies in a quasar dating to 690 million years of the Big Bang meaning the light from it has been travelling for 13 bn years.

07 Dec 2017 10:06 AM

An artist impression of quasar. (Photo: Hubble Telescope, NASA)

Largest map of universe created

As matter and energy fall into a quasar's black hole, they heat up to incredible temperatures and begin to glow.

22 May 2017 3:16 PM

Ancient stardust sheds light on the first stars

An international team of astronomers observed the most distant object ever.

09 Mar 2017 9:39 AM

ESA data suggest that 26.8 per cent proportion of universe is dark matter, while the rest is ordinary matter and dark energy. (Representational image)

Dark matter lost since birth of universe measured

About five per cent of dark matter in the universe has been lost since the Big Bang.

30 Dec 2016 8:28 AM

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