New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

From serene beachside views to urban skywatching spots, Chennai offers stargazers a surprising blend of accessibility and ...

In 2017, astronomers made an unprecedented discovery: the first interstellar object ever confirmed to visit our solar ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, is directly supported by ISRO and offers ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

The VERVE mission seeks to investigate the presence of bacterial life floating in the heavy cloud cover on Venus up close.

The highest astronomical observatory in India is the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), located in Hanle, Ladakh.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow teamed up with the culture and research organisation Science Ceilidh to develop a dance to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic first detection of ...

The allocation for outreach programmes by the planetarium saw a dip after 2022. From Rs 29-31 lakh, it went down to Rs 16 ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...