No more sweet sixteen

Earth is 30 million years older than originally estimated by researchers

Long-distance sighting

Farthest galaxy pushes back dark ages of universe

Water on Mars?

It's an old, old planet

Mapping the sky

The lunar indicator

Coming up in 2020: Guide to some of the best meteor showers this year promises

The year starts with a bang with the Quadrantids providing a treat for northern hemisphere viewers 

From the world to worlds

Orbits of TRAPPIST-1’s seven plant system are compact, yet they are not roasted wastelands like Mercury

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

Everybody's science

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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?