ASTRONOMY

An international team of astronomers, including experts from Pune’s IUCAA, has made significant strides in understanding black hole-star dynamics. Observations of the star AT2019qiz revealed it collides with debris from a destroyed star every 48 hou...

Ladakh now hosts the Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment observatory, the world's highest imaging Cherenkov telescope, inaugurated by Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty. Built by BARC with Indian partners, MACE is the largest such telescope in Asia. It aims t...

Earth will gain a temporary mini-moon tonight as asteroid 2024 PT5, about 33 feet wide, orbits the planet until November 25. Discovered by NASA's Atlas on August 7, it will not be visible to the naked eye but can be captured by professional telescop...

Earth will briefly host a new visitor, asteroid 2024 PT5, from September 29 to November 25. Originating from the Arjuna asteroid belt, this mini-moon was detected by NASA in August. Although it won't be visible to the naked eye, professional telesco...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have identified a galaxy's black hole delivery system named 'Nikhuli,' after a term from the Sumi community in Nagaland. The study suggests that Nikhuli, a cluster of stars, is delivering a...

Indian students secured one gold and four silver medals at the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Brazil. Daksh Tayalia from Bengaluru won gold, while Aayush Kuthari, Sanidhya Saraf, Banibrata Majee, and Panini earned silve...

For the first time, scientists have been able to get high-resolution pictures of the surface of the North Star, which have shown off surprising details and shed light on the star's function in a triple star system as well as its distinctive traits a...

Tom Bickle, an astronomy student in Southampton, discovered a hypervelocity object moving at a million miles per hour. The object, possibly a low-mass star or brown dwarf, could escape the Milky Way. Professional astronomers are investigating its or...

Amateur astronomers part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project identified CWISE J1249, a fast-moving object exiting the Milky Way, using data from the WISE mission. This finding highlights the crucial role of public participation in science an...

On the night of August 11, skywatchers will witness the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, offering up to 100 meteors per hour. Simultaneously, a rare display of the northern lights will be visible in certain regions of the UK and the US, thanks to ...

The Blaze Star is predicted to become visible to the unaided eye, which astronomers believe to be an uncommon celestial phenomenon. This amazing event, which only happens once every 79–80 years, is sure to enthrall stargazers and motivate astronomer...

Researchers and astronomers have said that Comet C/2023 A3 could be exceptionally bright and even outshine C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), which was spotted in summer 2020. Space observers are very excited and hopeful about the comet and say that such a bright...

A picture of the far-off exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab, has been taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. One of the coolest exoplanets yet photographed, this planet resembles Jupiter but is warmer and more massive.

As planets cool and contract over their lifetime, they become significantly fainter and, therefore, harder to image, they said. The US space agency has confirmed the existence of about 5,000 of the billion exoplanets in our galaxy. Orbiting the star...

To mark the James Webb Space Telescope's second anniversary, NASA has unveiled a captivating image of two galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," engaged in a cosmic dance. Captured in infrared light, this image showcases the galaxies—NGC 293...

Astronomers have found evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) in the Milky Way's Omega Centauri cluster using the Hubble Space Telescope. This discovery could help understand black hole formation and evolution, with further studies plann...

Researchers have claimed that the Antikythera mechanism, the world's oldest computer, was designed to analyze gravitational waves or ripples in spacetime caused by major celestial events such as two black holes merging.

The International Astronomical Union and Radiolab are hosting a naming contest for Earth's quasi-moons, asteroids orbiting the Sun. Submissions open until 30 September for a chance to name a quasi-moon officially recognized by IAU.

Kulkarni is the younger brother of well-known writer and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, and hails from Karnataka. He was born in Kurundwad, near Sangli in Maharashtra and studied at Hubballi.