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NASA's Hubble Telescope spots cute smiling face in space

Hubble Telescope captured this smiling image while exploring the space to know how new stars spring to life throughout the cosmos

Nov 4, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

Science

Why October month's full moon is called Hunter's Moon?

Every full moon has a different name and many of these names date back to hundreds of years when the Native Americans had come up with them

Oct 26, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Science

World's largest amphibious aircraft made by China completes flight test; What is New Moon project?

After the successful launch, it stayed airborne for about 15 minutes and four crew members have piloted the aircraft.

Oct 20, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

atom 'trap' used to create the Bose-Einstein condensate

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Scientists create Bose-Einstein condensate in space after 71 years since its prediction

The MAIUS 1 experiment was launched on January last year on board a sounding rocket from Esrange Space Center near Kiruna in northern Sweden.

Oct 19, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Nasa

Artist's concept of Chandra X-ray Observatory

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NASA's Chandra put on Safe Mode after malfunction

NASA is yet to fully describe what really happened to the telescope that they had to go through with this step.

Oct 15, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa

New mysterious radio signals detected coming from a star 11 million light years away

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Australian observatory picks up mysterious space signals that baffle experts

Alien enthusiasts believe that advanced extraterrestrial civlizations are sending fast radio bursts to catch our attention.

Oct 11, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

Just not a rock: Doorstop turns out to be most valuable meteorite worth $100,000 [VIDEO]

The examiner of the meteorite stated that it is the most valuable material that "I have ever held in my life."

Oct 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? Although presently estimated to be about 310 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known recession speed to help humanity better calibrate the expansion rate of the enti

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University of Toronto astronomers record ghostly traces of cosmic explosion

Astronomers have successfully recorded a sonic boom emitted by a very strong cosmic explostion which remained unseen

Oct 8, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in 2012.

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NASA Voyager 2 enters nearest interstellar space

Voyager 1 experienced a similar spike in cosmic rays in 2012, when it exited the heliosphere.

Oct 8, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa

Science

Black holes, not the dark matter physicists are looking for

For a brief while, physicists around the world did consider attributing dark matter to black holes, right after gravitational waves were detected in 2015.

Oct 3, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

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Here is a detailed dark matter map of the entire universe

The research involved studying about 10 million distant galaxies to understand dark energy better.

Sep 28, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

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Scientists know the home star of interstellar object Oumuamua

After analyzing data from a European spacecraft, scientists have finally spotted the possible home of interstellar object Oumuamua

Sep 26, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

Japan's Hayabusa 2 sends amazing photos after from asteroid Ryugu

It is believed that asteroid Ryugu is rich in water and organic materials, which makes it a perfect and objective for learning more about the possible extraterrestrial societies

Sep 24, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Supernovas are among the most powerful events in the universe, yet it cannot hold a candle to Vacuum Decay

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Our universe could already be dying with no chance of recovery: False vacuum theory

There is no way to prepare for something like this and there will be sign of it actually happening--once the process starts, there is no way to stop it.

Sep 19, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

This artist's concept shows a pulsar, which is like a lighthouse, as its light appears in regular pulses as it rotates. Pulsars are dense remnants of exploded stars, and are part of a class of objects called neutron stars.

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Strongest material in the universe could be found in dead stars

Nuclear pasta should be about 100 trillion times the density of water and to make a dent in it, a force of about 10 billion times of what is needed to break steel would be necessary, say researchers.

Sep 19, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

Science

New ultra-hot exoplanet twice the size of earth discovered; Any evidence of alien life?

Scientists have found an exoplanet, twice the size of Earth and located almost 145 light years away but it has an extremely hot atmosphere as calculated.

Sep 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Exoplanet