A peep at planetary births

The Gemini twin-telescope project, being spearheaded by Britain, will help astronomers watch a planet being born

New stars on the horizon

An exciting new discovery might lead to a confirmation of the presence of the farthest known galaxy

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Galileo says...

The six-year-long wait for the Galileo trip to Jupiter started paying off scientific returns last fortnight, as the data sent by the probe was …

Anybody home?

The discovery of two planets orbiting stars similar to the sun has thrown up intriguing possibilities of life existing in the outer space

Star's blueprint

The mapping of the magnetic field of TX Camelopardalis can provide important insights into the behaviour of stars

Distance dilemma

Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged

Light show

A meteor shower will light up the sky like a Christmas tree. But electronic satellites may not enjoy it

A perfect ten, is it?

Two groups of scientists have claimed there is proof of a tenth planet in the solar system. Astrophysicists are sceptical

Search for the beginning

With the launch of fuse, scientists hope to understand the processes that led to the formation and evolution of stars, including our …

Pluto: ‘Recent’ volcanism raises puzzle — how can such a cold body power eruptions?

What extra details are lurking in the poorly imaged half of Pluto? 

Analysis of 2,000 galaxies using the MeerKat radio telescope reveals fresh insights

The findings help understand how galaxies evolve

This is how hot stars evolve in Globular Clusters in the Milky Way

AstroSat unravels the nature of the special kinds of stars

GALILEO

Mea culpa, says vatican

Shifts in time

As it rotates the Earth wraps time and space around itself

Moonflake

Is there anybody out there?

No final frontier

The Universe may be expanding

The dark side of the sun

What went wrong?

New face

A new planet outside our solar system comes to light

Straighten time space

Magnetic fields are able to unbend the space-time continuum

Glittering find

Diamond dust found in outer space

Radical theory

Moon helped spur life on Earth

India clinches 3rd position in International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

India was placed jointly in the third position along with Singapore, behind Iran's official team (5 golds) and guest team (4 golds, 1 silver)