Washington: Researchers have found the ideal spot for an observatory. The search for the best spot has led to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
Panaji: Isro chief G Madhavan Nair was on Monday elected president of the International Academy of Astronautics, becoming the first non-American to head the half-a-century-old organisation of world
India goes for cutting-edge telescopes astronomers in India see a large window opening into the sky. In about a decade they would be gazing into farther corners of the universe that current telescopes cannot reach. To get that edge premier Indian research centres are analyzing three collaborative optical telescopes being built around the world, each larger than any existing telescope, each
London: Astronomers have discovered the first planet that orbits in the opposite direction to the spin of its star.
A team of scientists say the planet appears to have been the victim of a game of planetary billiards, flung into its unusual orbit by a close encounter with a
Chicago: Doomsday predicters can take some solace. Fears that a hurtling ball of fire can ravage the Earth has been laid to rest as a new study says comets probably won
Not just an eclipse, it provides clues to the presence of life a lunar eclipse is considered very special astrologically. It is revered as a propellor of life-changing events. Now scientists revere it too
