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Miss Universe 2021: हरनाज संधु ने रचा इतिहास, 21 साल बाद भारतीय सुंदरी बनीं मिस यूनिवर्स, इस सवाल का जवाब देकर हासिल किया ताज

Miss Universe 2021: एक्टर-मॉडल हरनाज संधु (Harnaaz Sandhu) ने इतिहास रच दिया है और 21 साल बाद किसी भारतीय सुंदरी…

December 13, 2021 9:59 am

Sky survey of stars: How PASIPHAE instrument would help scientists look into sudden expansion of universe

PASIPHAE is being developed by a team led by an Indian astronomer.

June 15, 2021 5:47 pm

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Important clues into cause and process of death of stars revealed by IIT Guwahati researchers

The finding is very important and the astrophysics community from all over the world has taken an interest in the…

January 14, 2021 11:32 am

Location of ‘fast radio burst’ found in distant universe

In a first, a team of scientists has tracked down the location of a fast radio burst (FRB), confirming that…

February 26, 2016 7:14 pm

‘Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Albert Einstein’s prediction’

Scientists said on Thursday they have detected the existence of gravitational waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of…

February 12, 2016 9:23 am

Scientists discover hidden galaxies behind Milky Way 250 mn light years away from Earth

A team of international scientists has discovered hundreds of hidden galaxies hidden from view until now by our own galaxy,…

February 10, 2016 11:23 am

Aliens? Interstellar odyssey to broadcast people’s messages to star

Have a message to convey to the aliens out there? Write one fast as researchers are set to beam selective…

February 9, 2016 5:56 pm

NASA does a first, says you can watch ‘invisible’ magnetic Sun in action

NASA space scientists, trying hard to understand the Sun’s electromagnetic field that is crucial for future deep space travel, have…

February 1, 2016 3:12 pm

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spots mammoth cloud boomerang back to Milky Way galaxy

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a monstrous cloud of hydrogen gas that is plummeting toward our galaxy at nearly…

January 29, 2016 12:29 pm

Galaxy cluster not just governed solely by mass: Scientists

An international team of researchers has found for the first time that the connection between a galaxy cluster and surrounding…

January 26, 2016 5:21 pm

Lasagne-like dark ‘noodle’ spotted in Milky Way

What if, there were noodles, lasagne sheets or hazelnuts or, at least, invisible structures shaped like them floating around in…

January 22, 2016 7:16 pm

Failure to find ‘life on Earth’ bad news for Mars hunters

Can not finding signs of life at a place on Earth that closely resembles the area on Red Planet a…

January 21, 2016 11:12 am

NASA starts new programme to protect Earth from asteroids

NASA has started a new programme called the Planetary Defence Coordination Office (PDCO) which will coordinate the space agency’s efforts…

January 18, 2016 6:52 pm

Second milder ‘Big Bang’ created massive dark matter: Physicists

A team of US scientists has challenged the popular scientific model that the physical universe – space, time, matter and…

January 16, 2016 7:11 pm

Evolution: Was ‘Spindle’ that spun multi-cellular life on Earth, part of bigger plan?

Evolution is a touchy subject. Unveil a new discovery pointing towards what triggered life on Earth and a whole contingent…

January 16, 2016 6:01 pm

‘Second largest’ black hole in the Milky Way discovered: Astronomers

A team of Japanese astronomers has discovered an enigmatic gas cloud just 200 light years away from the centre of…

January 16, 2016 5:03 pm

Most distant massive galaxy cluster, formed only 3.8 bn years after the Big Bang, found

Astronomers have detected a massive, sprawling, churning galaxy cluster – about 1,000 times more massive than our Milky Way galaxy…

January 8, 2016 12:37 pm

Space lovers, you can now see black hole with naked eyes

Have black holes always fascinated you? Well, all you need is a 20 cm telescope to observe a nearby active…

January 7, 2016 11:46 am

Black holes can swell as large as 50 billion suns!

Stars with masses greater than about 20 times the mass of our Sun may produce black holes at the end…

December 19, 2015 9:30 pm

Second Earth? Potentially ‘habitable’ planet spotted 14 light years away

The search for a second ‘Earth’ may finally be coming to an end with the discovery of the closest potentially…

December 17, 2015 8:13 pm

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Gamma rays from ‘galaxy far far away’ detected

Gamma rays from a galaxy halfway across the visible universe have been detected by a team of astronomers.

December 16, 2015 9:15 am

Dark matter nursery and its monstrous baby galaxies 11.5 bn light-years away found

A nest of monstrous baby galaxies, 11.5 billion light-years away could help answer questions about how the known universe formed.

December 5, 2015 6:34 pm

Faintest ever galaxy that existed 400 mn years after the Big Bang ‘captured’ by NASA

A team of astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object…

Updated: December 4, 2015 3:12 pm

Astrophysicists ‘see’ black hole’s rare big ‘bite’ of a star

Astrophysicists have for the first time witnessed a star being swallowed by a black hole, ejecting a flare of matter…

November 27, 2015 5:28 pm

Ground-breaking find can challenge Big Bang theory, understand formation of universe

The research is on the decay of subatomic particles called kaons, which could change how scientists understand the formation of…

November 21, 2015 9:57 pm

For first time, alien planet caught in birth act; near LkCa 15 star region

For the first time ever, a team of astronomers has directly observed a planet in the process of being born.…

November 19, 2015 12:13 pm

NASA’s ‘Chemical Laptop’ to search for alien life

NASA engineers are working on a unique “Chemical Laptop” – a portable, miniaturised laboratory that can help astronauts analyse samples…

November 18, 2015 4:23 pm

Oldest stars found at heart of Milky Way

A team of astronomers has discovered the oldest stars ever seen, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when…

November 12, 2015 10:09 pm

Astronomers find oldest known stars at the heart of Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered the oldest known stars near the centre of the Milky Way galaxy, dating back to the time…

November 12, 2015 1:26 pm

Indian astronomers detect dying, giant radio galaxy

A team of astronomers working at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics here has discovered an extremely rare galaxy of…

November 8, 2015 5:39 pm

Mystery of Nasa Voyager 1’s journey into space solved

Scientists have answered why Nasa’s Voyager 1, when it became the first probe to enter interstellar space in 2012, observed…

November 2, 2015 10:35 pm

Newborn stars’ dust spirals may help spot giant planets: Nasa

New Nasa study has proposed that huge dust spiral patterns seen around newborn stars may be a telltale sign of…

October 30, 2015 3:24 pm

Mysteries of Voyager 1 spacecraft’s interstellar journey solved: Nasa

A team of scientists has provided an explanation as to why Nasa’s Voyager 1, when it became the first probe…

October 29, 2015 10:51 am

Comet contains alcohol, sugar unexpected discovery shows; sheds new light on origin of life on Earth

Scientists today identified two complex organic molecules, or building blocks of life, on a comet for the first time, shedding…

October 24, 2015 5:25 pm

Red giants help probe stars’ internal magnetic field

Studying starlight from red giants has provided insights into makeup of a star’s internal magnetic field, a region that has…

October 23, 2015 3:58 pm

Big Bang frontiers spotted; 250 galaxies on cusp of event, shows Hubble Space Telescope

A team of astronomers has discovered 250 tiny galaxies that existed 600 to 900 million years after the Big Bang.…

October 23, 2015 10:36 am

After 11 years’ work, cosmic search casts doubt on our black hole’s understanding

An 11-year cosmic search has lead to black hole rethink. One hundred years since Einstein proposed gravitational waves as part…

Updated: September 25, 2015 12:11 pm

New stealth dark matter theory sheds light on universe’s missing mass

A team of scientists has come up with a new theory that may identify why dark matter has evaded direct…

September 25, 2015 11:47 am

Planet-hosting star’s ‘amniotic sac’ probed for first time ever: Astronomers

A team of astronomers has peered into the ‘amniotic sac’ of a planet-hosting star for the first time. In the…

September 14, 2015 9:53 am

As many as 8 more galactic neighbours found hovering near Milky Way

A survey has found more celestial neighbours hovering near our Milky Way galaxy, suggesting that our sky is more crowded…

September 13, 2015 2:32 pm

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Universe Videos

Dwarf galaxy mystery: A humble beginning, then a star-forming powerhouse

A team of astronomers has helped explain how a lowly dwarf galaxy becomes a star-forming powerhouse.

Updated: September 10, 2015 9:56 am

Meteor lights up Thai skies and web

Thais were left stunned after a suspected meteor streaked through the daytime skies in a phenomena that also quickly lit…

September 7, 2015 10:06 pm

First Dane in space arrives at International Space Station

The first Dane in space arrived today at the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a three-man team after…

Updated: September 4, 2015 8:49 pm

Newly discovered dwarf galaxy may signal dark matter

A newly discovered dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way appears to be radiating gamma rays, which may signal dark matter…

August 20, 2015 10:32 pm

‘Universe’ is dying, claim scientists

A team of astronomers have claimed that our Universe is slowly fading away.

Updated: August 11, 2015 2:39 pm

For the first time, ISS astronauts to eat lettuce grown in space

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will for the first time eat food that was grown on the orbiting…

August 11, 2015 2:21 pm

Astronomers discover protogalaxy 10 bn light-years away, 4 times size of our Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered a giant protogalaxy 10 billion light-years away, and found that it is about four times larger in…

August 10, 2015 8:04 pm

Large-scale simulation shows existence of Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe

Thanks to a new, large-scale computer simulation, scientist now have theoretical evidence that large disk galaxies, similar to Milky Way,…

Updated: August 6, 2015 5:17 pm

Astronomers discover largest feature in the universe

Astronomers have found what may be the largest feature in the known universe: a ring of nine gamma ray bursts…

August 5, 2015 6:07 pm

Gravity saved the universe from collapse after Big Bang

Physicists have describe how gravity provided the stability needed for the universe to survive expansion in that early period.

Updated: November 19, 2014 3:45 pm

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Universe brighter than thought: NASA

Universe is brighter than thought, with a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies.

November 7, 2014 2:01 pm

US Stock Market

Federal Reserve policy, hike in interest rates, Top 25 global banks, global fund managers, stocks, market capitalisation

Top 25 global banks show stability at $3.9 trillion in market values in Q4 2021: GlobalData

U.S. stock market, Fed Hike Cycles, S&P 500, returns, investors, risk, inflation

This is how U.S. stock market has fared historically when Fed begins tightening rates

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S&P 500 to reach 5050 on continued robust earnings growth, says J.P. Morgan

Fund Managers maintain bullish stand on stocks, BofA survey shows; expect inflation to fall in 2022

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Nasdaq 100: What strategists see for US stock market as treasury yields spike

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