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

वैज्ञानिकों ने ढूंढ़ा एक नया ग्रह, जिसमें है जीवन की सम्भावना

वैज्ञानिकों का अनुमान है कि इस ग्रह पर पानी तरल अवस्था में मौजूद है। क्योंकि इसका तापमान पानी को तरल अवस्था में बनाये रखने ...

Pluto flyby: The mystery deepens after New Horizons’ encounter

The NASA mission is the first-ever foray into the “third region” of the solar system, also called the Kuiper Belt, containing …

खगोल विज्ञान: ब्रह्माण्ड के तेजी से फैलने की गुत्थी सुलझाएगा यह माप

जर्नल साइंस में प्रकाशित एक नये अध्ययन में ब्रह्माण्ड के विस्तार को मापने की एक नयी विधि प्रस्तुत की गयी है, जो शायद इस ...

New light on black holes

Researchers almost catch a glimpse of the ravenous vortexes in the Universe which don't even let light escape their gravitational grip

Cometary commune edged out

Observations support the hypothesis that thousands of comets are present in a belt on the periphery of our Solar System

No more sweet sixteen

Earth is 30 million years older than originally estimated by researchers

Research shows universe's first life was born on carbon planets

This work shows that even stars with a tiny fraction of the carbon in our solar system can host planets

Like ours

Astronomers discover an Earth-like planetary system

Married in space

The recent Atlantis-Mir docking in space, only the 2nd of its kind, is the first tentative step towards Mars

World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF

Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit

Venus: could it really harbour life? New study springs a surprise

It may be that astrobiologists searching for life beyond Earth now have an additional atmospheric biosignature about which to argue

Solar Blast

From Neptune's blue hue to Jupiter's red spot: are the colours of the planets real?

Many images of planets have been manipulated. So have we seen their true colours? Not always, it turns out.

Scientist who called mysterious Oumuamua object alien probe explains why

Abraham Loeb, one of the Harvard scientists who came up with this theory, talks about this extraordinary conclusion and the media frenzy it generated

A scrapbook of wonder

Caspar Henderson inspires us to broaden the horizons of our sense of wonder

Pluto's moons wobble chaotically

Shifting gravitational field of Pluto-Charon double planet system behind the phenomenon, say scientists

NASA tests autonomous drill to explore signs of life on Mars

The drill can operate without real-time human input. If it gets stuck, it can also dislodge itself

Great Green Wall: How funding can help Sahel fight desertification again

Great Green Wall project on a slow track due to funds crunch; President of France Emmanuel Macron announces $14 billion to scale up work

NASA's Maven reaches Mars

The spacecraft will study the planet’s atmosphere for the next 10 months

Angry Ecuador to return German aid

German legislatures’ attempt to visit Ecuador rainforests to assess use of funds irks Latin American country’s president

Red Planet's river saga

Earth-like planet discovered in twin star system

Discovery opens the possibility of many planets in Earth-like orbits in star systems previously unexplored, say scientists

Mars’ secrets revealed

It’s a blue sunset on Mars!

The blue colour of the sun is because of the fine dust particles suspended in the Martian atmosphere