Aditya-L1 Launch Countdown Begins: When and Where to Watch the Live Streaming of ISRO’s Maiden Solar Mission

Aditya-L1 Launch Countdown Begins: When and Where to Watch the Live Streaming of ISRO’s Maiden Solar Mission

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Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, is all set to be launched today (September 2) at 11.50am IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The launch for the solar mission has been announced days after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved success in safe…

Aditya-L1 Launch Countdown Begins: When and Where to Watch the Live Streaming of ISRO’s Maiden Solar Mission

After Chandrayaan-3 Success, ISRO Next Plans to Launch Aditya-L1 to Study Sun

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On the heels of the success of the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing, India’s space agency has set a date for its next mission — this time to study the sun.  The Aditya-L1, India’s first space observatory for solar research, is getting ready for launch at the country’s main spaceport in Sriharikota,…

First Ever View of the Milky Way Seen Through the Lens of Neutrino Particles

First Ever View of the Milky Way Seen Through the Lens of Neutrino Particles

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Data collected by an observatory in Antarctica has produced our first view of the Milky Way galaxy through the lens of neutrino particles. It’s the first time we have seen our galaxy “painted” with a particle, rather than in different wavelengths of light. The result, published in Science, provides researchers…

Astronomers Spot Hot Gas Bubble Spinning Clockwise Around Milky Way Black Hole

Astronomers Spot Hot Gas Bubble Spinning Clockwise Around Milky Way Black Hole

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Astronomers said Thursday they have spotted a hot bubble of gas spinning clockwise around the black hole at the centre of our galaxy at “mind blowing” speeds. The detection of the bubble, which only survived for a few hours, is hoped to provide insight into how these invisible, insatiable, galactic…

Comet K2 Makes Closest Approach to Earth, but the Celestial Show Is Not Over Yet

Comet K2 Makes Closest Approach to Earth, but the Celestial Show Is Not Over Yet

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The comet C/2017 K2 has offered a spectacular celestial show for stargazers and astronomers as it hurtled past Earth this week. In its closest approach to our planet, which was on July 14, the comet was about 270 million kilometres away. Now, while the comet may have crossed its closest…

Supermassive Black Holes Formed in Rare Regions of Gas Behind the Earliest Quasars: Study

Supermassive Black Holes Formed in Rare Regions of Gas Behind the Earliest Quasars: Study

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Scientists have managed to determine one of the biggest mysteries in recent astrophysics – the formation of quasars in the early universe. These cosmic entities were first spotted in 2003, and soon after, over 200 quasars were identified by supermassive black holes. These 200 quasars had formed within the first…

Dead Star Caught Ripping Apart Planetary System in a Rare Incidence of Cosmic Cannibilism

Dead Star Caught Ripping Apart Planetary System in a Rare Incidence of Cosmic Cannibilism

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In a rare cosmic observation, a sun-like star destroyed its planetary system while dying, leaving behind a white dwarf star. The dead star is now consuming both icy and rocky-metallic material which forms the planets. The discovery was made by analysing archival data from NASA’s Hubble Telescope and other observatories…