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Artist’s rendering shows the Extremely Large Telescope in operation on Cerro Armazones in northern Chile. The telescope is shown using lasers to create artificial stars high in the atmosphere.
Space

UK to begin work on world’s largest telescope

Amit Malewar

The telescope will probe the furthest reaches of the cosmos.

Image showing NGC 6946 highlighting two supernovae.
Space

Webb discovers dust reservoirs in two supernovae

Vidya Nagalwade

NASA James Webb space telescope reveals a dust source in early galaxies,

Centaurus A captured by the Dark Energy Camera
Space

Dark Energy Camera captures spectacular view of galaxy Centaurus A

Amit Malewar

Dark Energy Camera captures a detailed view of a striking peculiar galaxy.

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
Space

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope mission ends after 16 years of space exploration

Amit Malewar

During its work, Spitzer made many surprising discoveries.

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This newly discovered brain cell helps you remember objects

Neuroscience

Indian scientists discovered a dense sub-Saturn size exoplanet

Space

When qubits learn the language of fiberoptics

Quantum Computing

Ocean acidity delayed early life formation by 500 million years

Earth

The surface of the Earth’s inner core may be changing

Earth