The apparent discovery of an extra solar planet may have been a mistake

Highly accurate measurements about a star s features can be made by using its gravity

It has long been hypothesised that the composition of the atmosphere has been modified by processes in the interior of the planets. Now, some researchers have done simulations for the atmosphere of

Hale Bopp, the brightest comet of this century, promises to shed new light on the birth of the universe

Computer models mapping the future course of the universe predict its demise; later than sooner!

Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged

Every star has a life and a subsequent death. But still, each one is different in the amount of darkness it drives away due to its own luminance. Born on November 9, 1934, Carl Sagan was certainly

Discovery of ice on the Moon might make colonising it and using it as a low cost outer space missions launching centre a less difficult target

The mosaic of pictures of the south polar region of the Moon by Clementine has 1,500 images, taken through a red filter. The top half of the mosaic faces Earth. Clementine has revealed what appears

Latest studies lend credence to the theory that the Milky Way has a large black hole at its center