Cold Neptune and two Temperate Super-Earths found orbiting near stars
The two potentially habitable planets are GJ180 and GJ229A, among the closest stars to the Sun, which makes them primary targets for space and land-based observations by the next generation of telescopes.
Jan 14, 2020, 23:33 PM IST
40 million-year-old star with massive gas disk discovered
The star, called 49 Ceti, is 40 million years old and conventional theories of planet formation predict that the gas should have disappeared by that age.
Dec 24, 2019, 13:38 PM IST
NASA's 'flying' telescope begins studying asteroids, stars
SOFIA’s instruments observe infrared energy - one part of the electromagnetic spectrum which includes visible light, x-rays, radio waves and others.
Feb 22, 2016, 12:37 PM IST
Picture: A first look at Crab Nebula captured by India's Astrosat
ISRO tweeted the enthralling blue picture of the Nebula on its official Twitter page.
Oct 19, 2015, 18:37 PM IST
Astrosat: Five key points you need to know about the mission
Taking another step forward in the country's rapidly growing space programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched its Astrosat, India's first space observatory into the orbit.
Sep 28, 2015, 12:45 PM IST
India to launch first space observatory Astrosat on September 28
Indian space agency ISRO is all set to launch its first space observatory 'Astrosat' aimed at studying celestial bodies on board a PSLV rocket on September 28.
Sep 21, 2015, 13:18 PM IST
