The April 8 eclipse provides a rare opportunity to witness the sun’s superhot corona
Corona means crown; During the eclipse, it becomes visible and streaming plasma leaving sun appears in amazing patterns
A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight
Going round and round
Earth is getting wider near the equator
New void in the cosmos
Caroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later
Her story reflects not only the priorities of astronomy but also how credit is assigned in the field
Looking back toward cosmic dawn — astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen
The early universe was filled with a fog made up of hydrogen atoms until the first stars and galaxies burned it away
Always look up: Earth’s top 7 asteroid defences
If an asteroid threat emerged, Earth would need to be ready. Scientists are continually working to give the planet the best range of defensive …
The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch into orbit and usher in the next era of astronomy December 18, 2021
Indian prediction on solar corona proves right
Scientists had predicted the shape of the solar corona, which was visible during the recent solar eclipse, using computer simulations and models
Unaware and unprepared
More than 26 asteroids entered Earth's atmosphere between 2000 and 2013. None of them was detected in advance
A brief mania called Hawkins
Barely 100 out of the 5,000 present at the Stephen Hawking public lecture actually understood what he said. Some felt Hawking had endorsed the …
During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the day
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 is a natural experiment that can help understand how animals respond to an unusual sudden change in …
Stars die silently sometimes
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid — photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission
Double Asteroid Redirection Test is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth.
Hunting galaxies far, far away — here’s how anyone can explore the universe
In just our observable universe we estimate there are over 2 trillion galaxies!
Mars early water may be trapped in its crust: Scientists
The new findings challenge the prevalent theory that water from the Red Planet escaped into space
Carl Sagan, the animal rights visionary
He was talking about global warming and humane treatment of animals before they became fashionable
Mercury transit helps scientists study the planet
Scientists attempted to understand the processes of sodium atoms being released into Mercury’s atmosphere
From beyond the back of
If some recent findings hold water, the mysterious gamma ray blasts emanate from the most distant celestial objects
Pentagon report says UFOs can't be explained, and this admission is a big deal
The report does not, as many were hoping, conclude UFOs are alien spacecraft.
Quest for life
Will any of the 716 planets discovered outside the solar system be habitable?
Supermagnetic stars
Scientists discover stars with magnetic fields some million billion times that of the Earth
What’s the mysterious light up above? A supermassive black hole ripping a star apart
Halfway across the universe, this is brightest and farthest tidal disruption event ever detected
Scientists find supermassive black hole moving within host galaxy
It can be two black holes in the process of merging or one in a binary system of black holes
Universal redux
For over 100 years, gravitational waves remained just a hypothesis. Now it is a fact. The discovery could open new channels of understanding our …