Milky Way’s largest stellar black hole also second-closest to Earth, scientists discover

Gaia BH3 is 2,000 light years away from Earth

James Webb Telescope spots oldest ‘dead galaxy’ that stopped forming stars 13 billion years ago: Study

The researchers, however, do not rule out the possibility of the dead galaxy roaring back to life

New clues in the search for the oldest galaxies in the universe

Galaxy cluster XLSSC 122 poses a mystery scientiststs are trying to resolve

Are we about to see a rare green comet light up the sky? An expert on what to expect from Nishimura

Nishimura would swing closer to the Sun than the orbit of Mercury this month

Missing gamma ray puzzle solved

The sources of highly energetic cosmic rays were a mystery until recently

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

Brightest, most distant radio signal detected till now has a rare source — a group of merging galaxies

A fast radio burst that occurred when the universe was just 5 billion years old was detected in 2022

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 …

Study gains new insights into the evolution of galaxies

It has shown that even a relatively weak jet from a supermassive black hole can clear the nuclear region of the galaxy of its gas, indicating …

Astronomers find extremely aged remnant of galaxies that influence universe’s evolution

A team of Indian astronomers from Pune claimed the remnants belonged to galaxies formed 260 million years ago, a record in itself  

Our expertise and observations complemented those from Europe: Gopakumar Achamveedu

Down To Earth speaks to Gopakumar Achamveedu from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, who is part of the international team of …

First ever view of the Milky Way seen through the lens of neutrino particles

It’s the first time we have seen our galaxy “painted” with a particle, rather than in different wavelengths of light

‘WTF?’: Newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited

WTF? is a picture of a ghostly circle of radio emission, hanging out in space like a cosmic smoke-ring. It had not been seen before, and …

2022 too short, too far: 5 times James Webb grabbed eyeballs

Telescope helped us understand how stars are born and unfolded Mars’ and Neptune’s secrets

NASA offers insight on supernova that may have been alluded to in ‘Hamlet’

450-year-old supernova’s shockwave still apparent; was visible to humans on Earth in 1572  

5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter

But about half of matter in our galaxy is too dark to be detected. It takes the form of cold, dark clumps of gas, in which lies Milky Way’s&…

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

Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study

The blast took place 63 million years after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; and when our earliest ancestors — the Australopithecines &…

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!  

Carl Sagan, the animal rights visionary

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

AstroSat peers into the heart of Jellyfish galaxy

According to the authors, this galaxy is unique as it provides direct evidence of internal and external mechanisms at work to halt the formation …

Heavy metal out there: Researchers detect barium in atmospheres of 2 exoplanets

Discovery of barium is surprising because heavy elements like barium are expected to quickly fall into the lower layers of the atmosphere

Look, Hubble is turning 31

The Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe on April 24, 2021. A month before it’s birthday, presenting …

Fast radio bursts detected in the Milky Way for the first time

The superpower blasts of radio waves, ascribed to sources ranging from alien ships to colliding black holes, are actually generated by dead stars …

James Webb telescope spots 6 monster galaxies harbouring tens to hundreds of billions of sun-sized stars’ mass: Study

These galaxies challenge our current understanding of galaxy formation as they are too hefty for their age