First ever X ray emission by a comet has excited several astrophysicists who are optimistic of bringing some more dark areas of the universe into light
Biologist Robert Wharton of the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, US, is convinced that there once existed life on the Mars, planet. For the past 17 years, Wharton has been melting
THOSE taking a trip to space need no longer subsist on a staple diet of frozen food straight out of tins. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the us announced recently that a
Far away from the sun but exceptionally bright, the comet Hale Bopp has baffled a lot of scientists who are struggling to explain its strange behaviour
Astronomers on the lookout claim to be finally on target with their observation of what appears to be an old isolated neutron star. This discovery might serve to throw more light on the evolutionary processes of galaxies in general and neutron stars, in p
LARGE quantities of alcohol - ethanol - as consumed by earthlings have been recently found in abundance in the spatial region. Ethanol was discovered by two radio astronomers
The faintest and the most distant objects in the heavens no longer remain invincible with the introduction of the powerful Keck Telescope, the biggest optical instrument of its kind in the world, into the arsenal of astronomers. An improved version, the K
