India sets up world's first liquid mirror telescope for astronomy- All you need to know
The conventional telescopes have polished glass mirrors on the other hand, as the name suggests, liquid mirror telescopes are made up of reflective liquids.
Jun 04, 2022, 10:47 AM IST
NASA's revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope due for launch today; check details here
The Webb telescope will take a month to coast to its destination in solar orbit roughly 1 million miles from Earth.
Dec 25, 2021, 15:02 PM IST
Earth's largest radio telescope to search for 'new worlds'
Radio detection of exoplanets aims at the physical characterization of exoplanets and comparative studies with solar system planets.
Jul 11, 2019, 15:03 PM IST
45-year-old US telescope to help scientists solve mystery of dark matter
The new instrument would begin a five-year observing run at Kitt Peak National Observatory after its installation next year.
Feb 13, 2018, 10:58 AM IST
Casting process for fifth mirror of largest telescope begins
The project, inaugurated in 2015 and expected to be operational by 2021, will be used to study planets outside our solar system and analyze galaxy formation.
Americans cheer as rare total solar eclipse marches across country
"It just kind of tickled you all over — it was wonderful — and I wish I could do it again," said Stormy Shreves, 57, a fish gutter who lives in Depoe Bay. "But I won`t see something like that ever again, so I`m really glad I took the day off work so I could experience it."
Aug 22, 2017, 00:11 AM IST
NASA's lost football-field-sized balloon recovered from Antarctica
The US space agency NASA's lost football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it has been recovered Antarctica from after a year of its flight.
Feb 25, 2017, 20:59 PM IST
Hubble sees colorful ‘last hurrah’ of a sun-like star! (See pic)
The image shows the colorful "last hurrah" of NGC 2440, which lies about 4,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Puppis.
Sep 24, 2016, 03:07 AM IST
Hubble peers into stormy scenes of dark dust in Large Magellanic Cloud!
N159 is located over 160,000 light-years away. It resides just south of the Tarantula Nebula (heic1402), another massive star-forming complex within the LMC.
Sep 12, 2016, 09:43 AM IST
Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 27: Viewing tips! (Watch)
Stargazers will be treated to a spectacular celestial show this weekend, the Venus-Jupiter conjunction.
Aug 24, 2016, 10:44 AM IST
Watch: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in 11 years today!
The Red Planet will be about 46.8 million miles away from the Earth, its closest distance since November 2005.
May 30, 2016, 09:28 AM IST
Mercury to make rare transit across the Sun today: How to watch it safely!
Mercury will begin its transit at 7:12 am EST (4:42 pm, India time) today and take about 7.5 hours to fully cross the face of the sun.
May 09, 2016, 08:52 AM IST
World's largest telescope may be set up in Ladakh
India is a 10 per cent partner in the TMT project, which includes China, Japan, Canada and the US.
May 01, 2016, 14:11 PM IST
PM Modi, Belgian PM jointly launch Asia's biggest telescope in Brussels- Watch!
ARIES, the largest optical telescope of its kind in Asia, is a product of Indo-Belgian collaboration.
Mar 30, 2016, 22:26 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
Space lovers, you can now see black hole with naked eyes!
Have black holes always fascinated you? Well, all you need is a 20 cm telescope to observe a nearby active black hole.
Jan 07, 2016, 10:12 AM IST
NASA shares image of Mauna Kea volcano from space – See pic
US space agency NASA has shared an image of the aerial view of the summit of the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii Island.
Dec 05, 2015, 10:06 AM IST
