World's most sensitive detector set to spot dark matter
Scientists have employed a new set of calibration techniques upon the world' most sensitive dark matter detector that is hunting for dark matter - the unseen stuff believed to account for most of the matter in the universe.
Dec 15, 2015, 15:04 PM IST
NASA set to replace Hubble with James Webb telescope in 3 years
The James Webb Space Telescope will be the premier astronomical observatory of the next decade.
Nov 26, 2015, 11:47 AM IST
Earth may have ‘hairy’ dark matter, says NASA
Dark matter is an invisible, mysterious substance that makes up about 27 percent of all matter and energy in the universe.
Nov 24, 2015, 12:48 PM IST
Ground-breaking find can challenge Big Bang theory
A research has been published that can challenge the underlying principles of physics.
Nov 21, 2015, 11:29 AM IST
Oldest stars in universe found near Milky Way centre
The discovery and analysis of the nine pure stars challenges current theories about the environment of the early universe from which these stars formed.
Nov 12, 2015, 11:58 AM IST
Watch: The search for another Earth!
51 Pegasi b was the first planet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, the Sun-like 51 Pegasi.
Nov 08, 2015, 12:52 PM IST
Chemicals important to life spread across the universe
The Virgo cluster, located about 54 million light-years away, is the nearest galaxy cluster and the second brightest in X-rays.
Oct 27, 2015, 13:12 PM IST
Hubble spots Big Bang frontiers, 250 new galaxies discovered
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken advantage of gravitational lensing to reveal the largest sample of the faintest and earliest known galaxies in the Universe.
Oct 23, 2015, 09:28 AM IST
Life on Earth began 4.1 billion years ago: Study
The discovery indicates that life may have begun shortly after the planet formed 4.54 billion years ago.
Oct 20, 2015, 17:52 PM IST
Rapid formation of new stars in distant galaxies
Galaxies forming stars at extreme rates nine billion years ago were more efficient than average galaxies today, researchers have found.
Oct 17, 2015, 14:50 PM IST
'Fossils' of galaxies reveal evolution of super galaxies
An international team has observed massive "dead" galaxies in the universe four billion years after the Big Bang which can reveal the formation and evolution of huge galaxies today.
Sep 29, 2015, 10:48 AM IST
Most people in UK, US believe aliens exist: Survey
More than one in two people in the UK, Germany and the US believe there is intelligent life out there in the universe, a new survey has found.
Sep 27, 2015, 16:59 PM IST
11-year cosmic search casts doubt on our black hole`s understanding
An 11-year cosmic search has lead to black hole rethink.
Sep 25, 2015, 13:08 PM IST
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 detection in Earth-based experiments.
Sep 25, 2015, 13:05 PM IST
Faith most motivating, unseen force: Amitabh Bachchan
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels there can't be any better way to express faith in god than the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. He feels that faith motivates humans more than anything else.
Sep 22, 2015, 13:38 PM IST
Watch: World's first 7-mile scale model of Solar System built in Nevada!
Do you have a clue as to how huge our Solar System is? Here's a great attempt at showing how amazingly massive and beautiful this universe is.
Sep 19, 2015, 17:55 PM IST
