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Space

An international team discovered a super-Earth, could spurs search for life

Amit Malewar

A super-Earth laboratory for searching life elsewhere in the Universe.

m87
Space

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration releases new images of M87*

Amit Malewar

M87* one year later.

Artist’s impression of supersonic winds on WASP-127b
Space

Astronomers discover record-breaking supersonic winds on exoplanet WASP-127b

Editorial Team

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33 000 km/h, the winds make...

74 exocomet belts
Space

Unprecedented images of Exocomet belts around nearby stars

Amit Malewar

Diversity in belt structures, from narrow rings to wide disks.

Composite image of a star-forming region
Space

Astronomers solve Sulfur mystery with Ammonium Hydrosulfide salt

Amit Malewar

The mystery of the missing sulfur gas.

WASP-132 system
Space

Not all Hot Jupiters orbit alone

Amit Malewar

This discovery overturns our perception of the architecture of planetary systems.

3d rendering of space planets illustration
Space

Iron lines in the X-ray detected from a binary black hole system

Amit Malewar

Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, have recently detected iron Lines in...

galaxy M87
Space

Breathtaking images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87

Amit Malewar

The jet is tens of millions of times larger than the black hole’s event horizon.

Artist’s impression of the dying star WOH G64
Space

Beyond our galaxy: Astronomers capture first-ever close-up of an extragalactic star

Amit Malewar

It is the largest known star with a well-defined radius.

solar neighbourhoo
Space

A new interstellar tunnel found in our solar system’s hot bubble

Amit Malewar

eROSITA unveils asymmetries in temperature and shape of our Local Hot Bubble.

Space

Electrons dance in neutron star explosions

Pranjal Malewar

New method of observation shows the creation of heavy elements.

Artist’s impression of a sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star
Space

Exoplanet Orbiting the Closest Single Star to our Sun

European Southern Observatory

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our Sun.

Highlights of the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way
Technology

Astronomers release record-breaking Infrared Map

European Southern Observatory

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most detailed one ever made....

Artist Illustration of Early-Universe Quasar Cosmic Neighborhood
Space

Early-Universe quasars formed in cluttered environments

Amit Malewar

A clear explanation to quasar ‘urban density’-conundrum.

WASP-76 b
Space

Iron winds are blowing on the day side of an ultra-hot exoplanet

Amit Malewar

New insight into the complex climatic dynamics of this distant world.

model showing how gas giants such as Jupiter, Saturn or Uranus could also form quickly
Space

A new model explains the rapid formation of giant planets

Amit Malewar

Astrophysics: Key to rapid planet formation.

This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. New research by Adrien Leleu and his colleagues with several telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the resonant system boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rare rhythm as they move in their orbits.
Space

Researchers finally decipher density difference of sub-Neptunes

Amit Malewar

UNIBE and PlanetS have shown the existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes.

Horsehead Nebula (NIRCam image)
Space

Webb captures stunning infrared images of the Horsehead Nebula

Amit Malewar

The sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies.

Asteroid photobombs Hubble snapshot of Galaxy UGC 12158
Space

Astronomers discover 1031 Uncatalogued Asteroids

Editorial Team

The team used the help of "citizen scientists" worldwide, who contributed to identifying this asteroid bounty. Professional scientists then combined the volunteers’ efforts with...

Artist’s impression of the system with the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy
Space

Astronomers Discover Most Massive Stellar Black Hole in Our Galaxy

Editorial Team

A discovery by astronomers from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the most massive stellar black hole ever found in the Milky...

Parallel Field to Protostar IRAS 23385
Space

Webb discovered Ethanol and other icy ingredients around two protostars

Amit Malewar

Newfound carbon-containing molecules are key ingredients.

planets forming in a protostellar disc
Earth

Study suggests that the earth may have once been flat

Amit Malewar

Did young planets just get smartie-er?

new images of M87*
Space

New images from EHT offers evidence of a persistent black hole shadow

Amit Malewar

M87* one year later!

space galaxy background
Space

Astronomers figured out how to measure the speed of dark matter

Amit Malewar

Lopsided galaxies shed light on the speed of dark matter.

Nube galaxy
Space

Almost invisible dwarf galaxy challenges the dark matter model

Amit Malewar

The largest and most diffuse galaxy known.

three-ringed structure
Space

Astronomers detected three iron rings in a planet-forming disk

Amit Malewar

A three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets.

black streak
Space

A giant and extremely faint stream of stars spotted between galaxies

Amit Malewar

This line is ten times as long as our Milky Way.

Galaxy cluster MACS0416
Space

Webb and Hubble united to create the most colorful view of the universe

Amit Malewar

The result: a vivid landscape of galaxies along with more than a dozen newly found time-varying objects.

motion of the flares on the sky from a combined fit of the astrometric flare data
Space

Black hole mass measured from its motion

Amit Malewar

A truly astounding mass concentration!

partial section of the Sun with gas at 1 million degrees
Space

Shooting stars discovered on the Sun’s corona

Amit Malewar

A never-before-seen ‘falling star’-type phenomena revealed.

Recent Stories

Cultural identity and resilience: Insights into the meaning of life

Psychology

A stunning Einstein ring hiding in plain sight in a galaxy not far away

Space

Moderate-to-vigorous childhood exercise may delay the start of smoking

Health

Historic breakthrough: Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time

Technology

Qubits to qudits: A new device uses quantum principles to relay information securely

Quantum Physics