Everything you need to know about Kodaikanal Observatory: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kodaikanal Observatory: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Damascus, May 1 (Xinhua-ANI): The UN observers toured Tuesday a restive neighborhood in Syria's central province of Homs, as part of their monitoring mission that aims at bringing the 13-month-old unrest to a close, state media said, as opposition activists reported heavy shelling in northern Idlib province.
Washington, May 1 (ANI): Astronomers have observed an extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy, which offers direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes. The discovery, made using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, provides new insight into the nature of a mysterious class of black holes that can produce as much energy in X-rays as a million suns radiate at all wavelengths.
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): A sun-like star, which is already known to host five alien planets, may actually have nine full-fledged worlds, according to a new study.
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Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): Five years of Mars Express gravity mapping data are offering unique insights into what lies beneath the Red Planet's massive volcanoes.
Tegucigalpa, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Television personality Noel Valladares and his two companions were gunned down Monday in Tegucigalpa, Honduran police said.
Washington, Apr 22 (ANI): Researchers are keen on exploring Jupiter's icy moons, which may resemble some of the planets found orbiting stars beyond our solar system, to assess their suitability for life.
Washington, April 21 (ANI): Approximately every 11 years the magnetic field on the sun reverses completely - the north magnetic pole switches to south, and vice versa.
London, Apr 19 (ANI): Although cosmic rays were discovered 100 years ago, their origin has mystified physicists since long.
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): The most accurate study till date of the motions of stars in the Milky Way has not found any evidence for dark matter in a large volume around the Sun.
Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Billions of stars in our galaxy have harboured rogue planets that once roamed interstellar space, according to a new study.
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a system of colliding galaxy clusters, nicknamed the "Musket Ball" cluster.
Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a new scientific instrument, a "time machine" of sorts, which will allow scientists to study the earliest galaxies in the universe, which could never be studied before.
London, Apr 12 (ANI): Using new techniques, researchers have explored the atmospheres of distant, dying stars.
Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers have for the first time observed a pattern of cells with bright centres and dark boundaries occurring in the sun's atmosphere, the corona.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Students from nearly 80 Delhi schools will soon get an opportunity to explore the night skies in the US while sitting in India using internet telescope through a project in collaboration with IASC (International Astronomical Search Collaboration).
New York, Apr 9 (ANI): One of the world's largest ground-based astronomical projects is being installed 16,597 feet above sea level in Chile's Atacama Desert, which will help the oxygen-deprived scientists flocking to this region to study the origins of the universe.
Damascus, April 8 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been accused of accelerating violence in the country as the international ceasefire deadline looms.
Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): A star 127 light-years away, which stunned the world in 2010 by becoming the largest star system beyond our own, playing host to five, possibly seven alien worlds, is back in the headlines as it may actually have nine exoplanets orbiting it.
Baghdad, April 4 (IANS) A television presenter working for a channel in Iraq was killed when a sticky bomb attached to his car blew up, Xinhua reported.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a spiral galaxy - seen almost edge-on - that resembles a classic alien spaceship.
London, Apr 1 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a 3D map of the sky, which facilitates scientists to look into the time six billion years ago when dark energy became a dominant influence on the Universe's expansion.
Damascus, Mar 28 (ANI): Around 10,000 people have been killed in Syria since the beginning of uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, a UK-based human rights organization has claimed.
London, Mar 23(ANI): The European Union is set to impose sanctions on Syria's First Lady British-born Asma al-Assad today.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope has captured a treasure trove of over 200 000 galaxies using infrared light.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope has created the widest deep view of the sky ever recorded using infrared light.
Melbourne, March 22 (ANI): People in Australia will get the chance to see one of the rarest events on the astronomical calendar - the transit of Venus in front of the sun - on June 6.
Melbourne, March 22 (ANI): People in Australia will get the chance to see one of the rarest events on the astronomical calendar - the transit of Venus in front of the sun - on June 6.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope has captured a treasure trove of over 200 000 galaxies using infrared light.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope has created the widest deep view of the sky ever recorded using infrared light.
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): The first observation of a cosmic effect theorized 40 years ago could provide a more accurate tool for understanding the forces behind the universe's formation and growth, including the enigmatic phenomena of dark energy and dark matter, researchers say.
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): The first observation of a cosmic effect theorized 40 years ago could provide a more accurate tool for understanding the forces behind the universe's formation and growth, including the enigmatic phenomena of dark energy and dark matter, researchers say.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Scientists have mapped the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster named Abell 383, which is located nearly about 2.3 billion light years from Earth.
Washington, Mar 14 (ANI): Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have captured the first tantalizing look at a key early stage in star formation.
Washington, Mar 14 (ANI): Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have captured the first tantalizing look at a key early stage in star formation.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Scientists have mapped the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster named Abell 383, which is located nearly about 2.3 billion light years from Earth.
Damascus, Mar 12(ANI): UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has said he is "optimistic" about violence reducing in Syria after a second round of talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): NASA models have now revealed more information about the two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) associated with the two March 6 solar flares.
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): NASA models have now revealed more information about the two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) associated with the two March 6 solar flares.
Damascus, Mar 7(ANI): Syria President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to crush "foreign-backed terrorism" in the wake of the army turned on new targets after subduing Homs.
Damascus, Mar 7(ANI): Syria President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to crush "foreign-backed terrorism" in the wake of the army turned on new targets after subduing Homs.
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Despite decades of Martian exploration, very little is known about Phobos, which is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars.
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Despite decades of Martian exploration, very little is known about Phobos, which is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars.
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Telescope have spotted what appears to be a tuft of dark matter left behind from a wreck between massive clusters of galaxies.
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): Venus is spinning on its axis so slowly that, for any survivor, a day in Venus would seem interminable, as it is the equivalent of 243 days on Earth, researchers say.
London, Mar 3 (ANI): Rising levels of carbon dioxide could lead to mass extinction of shellfish, coral reefs and other marine animals with exterior skeletons, a study has said.
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): Venus is spinning on its axis so slowly that, for any survivor, a day in Venus would seem interminable, as it is the equivalent of 243 days on Earth, researchers say.
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Telescope have spotted what appears to be a tuft of dark matter left behind from a wreck between massive clusters of galaxies.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures soaring, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures soaring, a new study has revealed.
London, Mar 1 (ANI): A new analysis of Earthshine - sunlight reflected off the Earth and then bounced back by the moon, suggests that this is a practical way to seek life on exoplanets.
London, Mar 1 (ANI): A new analysis of Earthshine - sunlight reflected off the Earth and then bounced back by the moon, suggests that this is a practical way to seek life on exoplanets.
Damascus, Feb 23 (ANI): The Syrian opposition has said it has concluded that foreign military intervention might be the "only solution" to end the crisis in the country.
Damascus, Feb 23 (ANI): The Syrian opposition has said it has concluded that foreign military intervention might be the "only solution" to end the crisis in the country.
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Scientists have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole.
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Astronomers are using pulsars, superdense neutron stars, throughout our Milky Way Galaxy as a giant scientific instrument to directly detect gravitational waves.
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has recorded the ighest energy portion of the gamma-ray bursts, which last for a few seconds.
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Astronomers are watching the astronomical equivalent of an instant replay of a powerful outburst from the unstable, behemoth double-star system Eta Carinae, which was initially spotted on Earth nearly 170 years ago.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A European space observatory has discovered previously unknown islands of star formation and a haze of microwave radiations in our galaxy, the source of which is a complete mystery.
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): A spacecraft orbiting Venus has revealed that Earth's cloud-covered neighbour is rotating a little slower than previously measured.
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Using the power of Very Large Telescope and an infrared-sensitive camera, researchers have snapped the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery acquired so far.
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Using the power of Very Large Telescope and an infrared-sensitive camera, researchers have snapped the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery acquired so far.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope by linking four telescopes in Chile so that they operate as a single device.
Damascus, Feb 4(ANI): At least 200 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Homs in the most brutal government crackdown till date in the 11-month old uprising in Syria, activists have said.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope by linking four telescopes in Chile so that they operate as a single device.
Damascus, Feb 4(ANI): At least 200 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Homs in the most brutal government crackdown till date in the 11-month old uprising in Syria, activists have said.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope by linking four telescopes in Chile so that they operate as a single device.
Damascus, Feb 4(ANI): At least 200 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Homs in the most brutal government crackdown till date in the 11-month old uprising in Syria, activists have said.
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star.
London, Feb 3 (ANI): Researchers have discovered two new planets, named Kepler-34 and Kepler-35, each of which is circling around its own double suns.
London, Feb 3 (ANI): Researchers have discovered two new planets, named Kepler-34 and Kepler-35, each of which is circling around its own double suns.
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star.
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): Scientists have spotted vast clouds of hot gas 'sloshing' in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster situated nearly 480 million light years from Earth.
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): Scientists have spotted vast clouds of hot gas 'sloshing' in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster situated nearly 480 million light years from Earth.
Johannesburg, Jan 27 (ANI): An astronomer has said that while we could find life outside of Earth, it is unlikely that it would be intelligent or multi-cellular.
Johannesburg, Jan 27 (ANI): An astronomer has said that while we could find life outside of Earth, it is unlikely that it would be intelligent or multi-cellular.
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): A "sun grazing" comet, which was caught by SOHO's LASCO C2 camera as it dived toward the sun on July 5 and July 6, 2011, has amazed even the most seasoned comet watchers.
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): A "sun grazing" comet, which was caught by SOHO's LASCO C2 camera as it dived toward the sun on July 5 and July 6, 2011, has amazed even the most seasoned comet watchers.
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a faint "satellite galaxy" 10 billion light years from Earth, and it is believed to be the lowest-mass object ever detected at such a distance.
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a faint "satellite galaxy" 10 billion light years from Earth, and it is believed to be the lowest-mass object ever detected at such a distance.
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): A Saturn-like ringed planet in the constellation Centaurus has been discovered orbiting a sun-like star.
