NASA successfully launches most powerful James Webb Space Telescope- Watch
The Webb telescope will now take a month to coast to its destination in solar orbit roughly 1 million miles from Earth - about four times farther away than the moon.
Dec 25, 2021, 19:10 PM ISTNASA invests in technology for space exploration missions
NASA is investing in several next-generation technology concepts that will help the US space agency use them for future space exploration missions.
Apr 02, 2018, 10:31 AM ISTBlack holes have a new spectator! HXMT - China's first-ever space telescope launched
Weighing 2.5-tonnes, the telescope dubbed Insight, was sent into an orbit of 550 km above the Earth to help scientists better understand the evolution of black holes, and the strong magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars.
Jun 15, 2017, 11:32 AM ISTChinese space telescope to observe pulsars in Milky Way
China is set to launch a space telescope, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), to observe pulsars in the galaxy of Milky Way
Jun 03, 2017, 12:24 PM ISTChinese space telescope to observe 'big eaters'
When a black hole swallows too much, the excess matter is converted into two jet-flows perpendicular to the accretion disk of the black hole, which is like a glutton with a bloated belly belching.
May 30, 2017, 00:45 AM ISTComing soon: China gears up for the launch of its first X-ray space telescope to study Milky Way!
Compared with X-ray astronomical satellites of other countries, HXMT has larger detection area, broader energy range and wider field of view.
May 28, 2017, 15:23 PM ISTTransiting exoplanets cause their ultra-cool host – TRAPPIST-1 – to change its brightness!
Kepler has managed to detect a change in brightness when a planet passes in front of a star from the vantage point of the telescope.
Mar 12, 2017, 22:09 PM ISTHubble captures scintillating view of massive galaxy 400 million light years away
The galaxy UGC 12591 sits somewhere between a lenticular and a spiral, according to NASA.
Mar 04, 2017, 12:58 PM ISTSee pic – Amazing snapshot of colliding galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope!
This multi-colored haze actually marks the site of two colliding galaxy clusters, forming a single object known as MACS J0416.1-2403.
Mar 28, 2016, 09:10 AM IST