NASA's Hubble telescope finds smiling face among colourful galaxies
The Hubble Space telescope has spotted a formation of galaxies that resembles a smiling face in the sky.
Nov 05, 2018, 11:02 AM IST
Four giant planets around young star discovered
Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it, the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system. The star, CI Tau, is located about 500 light years away in a highly-productive stellar 'nursery' region of the galaxy, said researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK.
Oct 17, 2018, 11:43 AM IST
Indian telescope discovers most distant radio galaxy
GMRT is an array of thirty fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes of 45 metre diameter.
Aug 10, 2018, 16:19 PM IST
Evidence of stars forming only 250 million years after Big Bang found by astronomers
Scientists are said to have found traces of first stars which suggests that they winked to life roughly 250 million years after the Big Bang.
May 24, 2018, 00:45 AM IST
Milky Way stars kicked out by invading galaxies spotted
The new study showed that some of these halo structures actually originated from the Milky Way's disk itself, but were kicked out.
Feb 28, 2018, 16:40 PM IST
Scientists discover planets beyond Milky Way for the first time
The planet population, ranging from the size of the Moon to the size of Jupiter, were spotted in a galaxy located 3.8 billion light-years away.
Feb 05, 2018, 18:22 PM IST
Massive stars are abundant in nearby galaxy than thought
Until recently, the existence of stars up to 200 solar masses was highly disputed, and the study shows that a maximum birth mass of stars of 200-300 solar masses appears likely.
Jan 05, 2018, 17:31 PM IST
The power of super massive black holes – They can halt star formation
The energy pouring into a galaxy from an active galactic nucleus is thought to turn off star formation by heating and dispelling the gas that would otherwise condense into stars.
Jan 02, 2018, 14:15 PM IST
Planetary nebula that looks like 'holiday ornament in space'
The nebula, NGC 6326, has glowing wisps of outpouring gas that are lit up by a central star nearing the end of its life, ESA said.
Dec 25, 2017, 17:45 PM IST
Infant stars found near Milky Way's supermassive black hole
The observations were made with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an observatory in Chile.
Nov 29, 2017, 18:36 PM IST
'Lost' satellite gives scientists access to a cosmic recipe for nearby universe
The data has allowed scientists to analyse the composition of the Perseus gases and gain a deeper understanding of the stellar explosions that created them.
Nov 17, 2017, 17:54 PM IST
Scientists discover most ancient spiral galaxy
The galaxy, known as A1689B11, existed just 2.6 billion years after the Big Bang, when the universe was only one fifth of its present age.
Nov 05, 2017, 14:28 PM IST
Milky Way edges might be crowded with black holes
Conditions favourable for black-hole mergers exist in the outer gas disks of big spiral galaxies
Oct 31, 2017, 19:42 PM IST
Small space object pays a visit to our galaxy
Observations are still underway and if so, then it would be the first "interstellar object" to be observed and confirmed by astronomers.
Oct 28, 2017, 13:59 PM IST
Eating habits of black holes make some galaxies appear brighter
For decades, astronomers have tried to pin down why two of the most common types of active galaxies, known as Type-I and Type-II galaxies, appear different when observed from Earth.
Sep 28, 2017, 16:24 PM IST
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays come from outside our galaxy
Cosmic rays are atomic nuclei that travel through space at speeds close to that of light.
Sep 23, 2017, 16:05 PM IST
We bet you wouldn't have seen a star so closely before – Watch this video
They have also made the first two-dimensional map of the velocities of material in the atmosphere of a star beyond the Sun, revealing unexpected turbulence in the red supergiant star Antares's huge extended atmosphere.
Aug 24, 2017, 13:37 PM IST
Evidence of new stars forming in Milky Way offer insights into origin of solar system
These stellar nurseries can produce dozens or even hundreds of stars with different sizes and masses.
Jul 24, 2017, 22:49 PM IST
Scientists discover distant galaxy 1,000 times brighter than Milky Way
It is the brightest of the submillimetre galaxies, a class of ultraluminous infrared galaxies, according to the researchers.
Jul 15, 2017, 16:43 PM IST
Discovered - Smallest star ever known in Universe, and it's slightly larger than Saturn
The star, called EBLM J0555–57Ab, is slightly bigger than Saturn and is located about 600 light-years from Earth and can be seen from the Southern Hemisphere, using a large telescope.
Jul 12, 2017, 14:11 PM IST
