Is there anybody out there?

No final frontier

The Universe may be expanding

The dark side of the sun

What went wrong?

New face

A new planet outside our solar system comes to light

Straighten time space

Magnetic fields are able to unbend the space-time continuum

Radical theory

Moon helped spur life on Earth

Brother ET

Eyes wide open

India’s first robotic telescope opens its eyes to the universe

The fully robotic optical research telescope is designed to capture cosmic events occurring in timescales much shorter than light years – …

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)

Bright skies named colour of the year: Here’s why there’s so much more to the heavens than blue

Here is what to look out for while contemplating bright skies and immersing yourself in skywatching 

Scientists are using new satellite tech to find glow-in-the-dark milky seas of maritime lore

Compared with the old technology, viewing Day/Night Band imagery is like putting on glasses for the first time

Joker in the pack of stars

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Sign language from outer space

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Big and mysterious

The current theory of planet formation has just been proved wrong. It is time astrophysicists got back to the drawing- board

Reboot: moon

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the moon was a focus of much interest in the US and the erstwhile USSR. But that politico-scientific Cold War …

New genealogy project allows astronomers to trace ‘ancestors’

The database provides information on more than 33,000 astronomers, their advisors and universities and the links to their dissertations

Like ours

Astronomers discover an Earth-like planetary system

Awash with possibilities

James Webb Space Telescope: The most advanced telescope yet

Scientists had to invent 10 new technologies for making this a reality

How scientists solved a centuries-old mystery

UK scientists discovered a rare form of star collision

Crop at the top

Perched on top

The core of a star