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ISRO to set up its first overseas ground station at North Pole

The objective of the plan is to increase the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) operations that are critical not only for civilian needs but also for the armed forces.

Sep 4, 2018

In every picture we've taken, there exists a mysterious 'Planet Nine' beyond Pluto, say puzzled astronomers

'Every time we take a picture, there is this possibility that Planet Nine exists in the shot.'

Sep 3, 2018

NASA: Hubble photographs rare, enigmatic star forming stellar cloud

NASA says that it appears to be a small, isolated region of star formation and the strange shapes that the gases have taken in the image could have happened because of fierce ultraviolet radiation spewed from bright and young stars in its vicinity.

Sep 2, 2018

NASA's New Horizons finds next target 100-million miles away, to flyby it soon

Ultima appears only as a bump on the side of a background star that's roughly 17 times brighter but Ultima will be getting brighter and easier to see as the spacecraft gets closer

Aug 31, 2018

ESO releases stunning images of Milky Way nebula in infrared 7,500 light years from Earth

Carina Nebula is about 7,500 light years away in the Carina constellation. Here, stars are born and die almost constantly and as a result, Carina Nebula is an interesting, dynamic and ever-evolving region in the night sky.

Aug 29, 2018

Spitzer Space Telescope's 15-year sojourn in space is filled with numerous discoveries

Five of the Spitzer Space Telescope's long list of greatest discoveries.

Aug 27, 2018

There are more exoplanets outside of our solar system to have water than you can imagine

As per the studies, these exoplanets are capable of containing around 50% water in them.

Aug 20, 2018

Hubble Space Telescope photographs the evolution of universe, captures 15,000 galaxies in single image

The field of view for these images covers about 15,000 galaxies, of which nearly 12,000 still have new-born stars.

Aug 17, 2018

Star cluster Omega Centauri, mini-version of our solar system but devoid of life, says study

The stars in that part of the Milky Way are packed in too tightly, so they are likely to interact with each other every million years or so.

Aug 10, 2018

ESO releases image of galaxy survey that shows NGC 5018 in stunning detail

The galaxy is located about 94 million light years from Earth and was captured by the ESO VST.

Aug 9, 2018

Mysterious radiation stemming from the centre of Milky Way, not Dark Matter, says new study

Dark Matter still remains a mystery and is as elusive as ever.

Aug 7, 2018

Watch: NASA's planet-hunting TESS yet to start its science missions, already catches a comet

Images were stitched together to create the video were captured over the course of 17 hours on July 25.

Aug 7, 2018

Watch the Moon get hit by two asteroids and the light show that followed

The moon received two rocks to its face from space while passing through the tail of Comet 169P/NEAT, said the ESA.

Aug 6, 2018

Rogue planet not attached to any star found wandering through the Milky Way

The mystery planet is not the Planet X or Nibiru and is about 20 light years away.