The Indian Government's plan to enhance and promote Astrophysics and Astronomy would be executed at a cost of ₹3,600cr (approx $400), over a period of five years, said Abhay Karandikar, Secretary of ...

A little more than a thousand years ago, monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai desert removed Western ...

Thermoelectric devices are promising for capturing and converting waste heat it into useful electricity. Conventional devices ...

The VLT recently captured an image of an object known as Ve 7–27, which was long thought to be a planetary nebula. However, ...

On September 1, 1859, Carrington was observing the Sun when he witnessed the most powerful event ever recorded. It bears his ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...

More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about ...

Whether the groundhogs saw their shadows or not, here's when the real first day of spring will be, according to NASA.

The new study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, focused on the Hubble Legacy Archive and a dataset built from it: 99.6 ...

Union Budget 2026 announces 4 major telescope projects in India. These new facilities will boost astronomy research, solar and deep-space observation and public science engagement.

Stargazers looking ahead to February’s highlights should make some time to look up not only during the night, but also during the day. In addition to the first solar eclipse of the year and a "planet ...

The Union Budget 2026–27 has introduced a landmark era for Indian astrophysics, signaling a shift from routine satellite ...