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

A new method to study the environment of exoplanets

A team of Indian astronomers has evolved a new method to understand the atmosphere of extrasolar planets

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? 

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)

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How visionary scientist Bernie Fanaroff put African astronomy on the map

He made a breakthrough discovery about radio galaxies during his PhD in eary 1970s

Records of historical supernova found in Karnataka

Criticism of western scholars that great celestial events of supernovae had gone unnoticed in India is totally unfounded

How 535 new fast radio bursts can help answer deep questions about the universe

Every newly captured event is allowing astrophysicists to learn more about weird cosmic phenomena; some astronomers have begun to use fast radio …

Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology

A new collaboration between astrophysicists, conservationists and ecologists is aiming to save rare and endangered animals such as the Great Apes …

Concern over gender bias in research, academic institutions on astronomy

The Working Group on Gender Equity presented results of its first survey on gender equity in the field of astronomy in India

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

How did our Moon get its water? A new study suggests Earth’s magnetic field could be involved

A shower of water ions coming back on Earth through its magnetosphere may combine to form lunar permafrost

Landscape of Saturn’s largest moon ‘Earth-like’ but compositions different: Study

Titan, one of Saturn’s 82 orbiting moons, can be one of the most hospitable regions in solar system

How Machilipatnam became site of a pioneering discovery in 19th century

It was in Machilipatnam that the world caught the first glimpse of light from a new material - helium

Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them

Nature may have found a way to create wormholes to keep the universe from expanding

Carl Sagan, the animal rights visionary

He was talking about global warming and humane treatment of animals before they became fashionable

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 …

Discovery of two new giant radio galaxies offers fresh insights into the universe

They are about 62 times the size of the Milky Way but are fainter than some others the same size

Government approves LIGO-India project

The decision comes days after LIGO scientists announced the discovery of gravitational waves

Black hole producing mysterious particles, says NASA

Figuring out where high-energy neutrinos come from is one of the biggest problems in astrophysics today

Fast Radio Bursts following pattern may be related to young neutron stars: Abraham Loeb

Only a few such pulses from deep space found repeating cycles so far; pinpointing their location remains challenging

Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope: What they found

MeerKAT is an array of 64 large antenna dishes that uses radio signals from space to study the evolution of the universe

First ‘direct evidence’ of Big Bang discovered

The discovery offers insight into some basic questions: Why do we exist? How did the universe begin?

A cosmic explosion in 2022 was the brightest ever — and may overturn decades-long theory on gamma ray bursts

New analysis by Pune institute shares more possibilities of reasons behind fast-moving jets that produce X-ray and visible light in the afterglow

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