And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

Today in the history of astronomy, satellites Vela 3 and 4 make the first detection of gamma-ray bursts.

During a state executive meeting in Patna, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers. His ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

“A polymath is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. The term, derived from the ...

A new book tells the story of the mastermind who directed NASA’s daring OSIRIS-REx mission Diane Tedeschi Initially, your entire group was responsible for selecting the landing site. Ultimately, you ...

From Vedic hymns to stone observatories, how ancient India mapped the cosmos, decoded time, and laid the foundations of modern astronomical thought ...