Astronomers find galaxies creating stars at furious pace
The team made this discovery by accident when investigating quasars, which are supermassive black holes that sit at the centre of enormous galaxies, accreting matter.
May 25, 2017, 20:30 PM IST
Astronomers come up with the largest map of universe
Quasars are the incredibly bright and distant points of light powered by super-massive black holes
May 21, 2017, 23:26 PM IST
NASA's Hubble telescope captures galaxy duo by the 'Hare'
NASA has released a beautiful image of the unusual galaxy IRAS 06076-2139, found in the constellation Lepus (The Hare).
May 13, 2017, 00:51 AM IST
Super-Earth: Newly discovered exoplanet may be most promising yet in search for signs of life
Earlier, astronomers have discovered a number of nearby exoplanets - or planets outside our solar system - that could harbour life like Proxima b and the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets.
Apr 20, 2017, 10:05 AM IST
Astronomers discover new exoplanet that is three times more massive than Jupiter
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet which is about three times more massive than Jupiter, orbiting a star 21,000 light years away from Earth.
Apr 19, 2017, 22:13 PM IST
Astronomers discover new exoplanet that is three times more massive than Jupiter
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet which is about three times more massive than Jupiter, orbiting a star 21,000 light years away from Earth.
Apr 19, 2017, 22:13 PM IST
Spotted - Two tiny galaxies with supermassive black holes at the centre
The findings come after a similar feature was found in another ultra-compact dwarf galaxy three years ago.
Apr 18, 2017, 13:25 PM IST
Discovered - Second 'Great Cold Spot' on Jupiter exerted by planet’s vivacious auroras (Watch)
Dubbed the ‘Great Cold Spot’, scientists said the dark spot is created by the powerful energies exerted by the great planet’s polar aurorae.
Apr 12, 2017, 10:44 AM IST
Earth-like planet 'GJ 1132b' outside our Solar System has its own atmosphere
The planet known as GJ 1132b, which is 1.4-times the size of our planet Earth, is orbiting a red dwarf star GJ 1132 in the southern constellation Vela, at a distance of 39 light-years from us.
Apr 10, 2017, 16:09 PM IST
Astronomers discover Neptune-sized 'lost' planet
The new planet, Kepler-150 f, was overlooked for several years, according to researchers at the Yale University in the US.
Mar 31, 2017, 18:14 PM IST
Astronomers identify record-breaking brown dwarf located 750 light years away
The object, known as SDSS J0104+1535, is a member of the so-called halo - the outermost reaches - of our galaxy, made up of the most ancient stars.
Mar 25, 2017, 13:26 PM IST
Zooming in on 'Supernova 1987A' after three decades - Watch
The video begins with a nighttime view of the Small and Large Magellanic clouds, satellite galaxies of our Milky Way.
Feb 27, 2017, 11:36 AM IST
Rare delta Scuti pulsating star is one of only seven identified by astronomers in Milky Way
Situated 7,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, the star is so rare that it's only one of seven identified by astronomers in the Milky Way.
Feb 15, 2017, 16:14 PM IST
There may be an end to mystery behind Einstein's theory soon!
Researchers have long sought to determine how the universe's accelerated expansion is being driven.
Feb 12, 2017, 12:35 PM IST
There may be an end to mystery behind Einstein's theory soon!
Researchers have long sought to determine how the universe's accelerated expansion is being driven.
Feb 12, 2017, 12:33 PM IST
Black hole devouring star for a decade detected
Researchers made this discovery using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Swift satellite as well as European Space Agency's XMM-Newton.
Feb 07, 2017, 11:52 AM IST
Researchers find signs of stray black hole hiding in Milky Way
A team led by researchers in Japan has found signs of stray black hole hiding in the Milky Way while examining a molecular cloud with enigmatic motion.
Feb 03, 2017, 17:20 PM IST
Astronomers find cosmic one-two punch
This cosmic double whammy is found in a pair of colliding galaxy clusters called Abell 3411 and Abell 3412 located about two billion light years from Earth.
Jan 06, 2017, 12:01 PM IST
Universe may be starting to die, say astronomers
Astronomers studying more than 200,000 galaxies have found that energy levels are falling and not even half of what it was two billion years ago, signalling an ageing Earth.
Dec 05, 2016, 10:45 AM IST
Astronomers observe transit of Earth-like extra-solar planet
In an important step towards the search for extra-terrestrial life, astronomers in Japan have observed the transit of a potentially habitable Earth-like extra-solar planet known as K2-3d.
Nov 29, 2016, 15:39 PM IST
