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First-ever interstellar cigar-shaped asteroid discovered! [VIDEO]

The asteroid dubbed Oumuamua is around 400 metres (a quarter mile) long, rocky and cigar-shaped with a somewhat reddish hue.

Nov 21, 2017

Corning Gorilla Glass turns 'X': Fascinating facts about the company that protects your phones

Gorilla Glass protecting your smartphones is made by the company that also makes window glass for space shuttles.

Nov 17, 2017

Potentially habitable Earth-sized exoplanet Ross 128b discovered

Scientists at the ESO's La Silla site in Chile discovered this exoplanet using the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) instrument.

Nov 16, 2017

Comet C/2012 K1 observed during it's first pass through Solar System using NASA's SOFIA

Weak silicate discharge from the comet were observed by the researchers unlike other comets from Oort Cloud which were previously observed.

Nov 10, 2017

NASAs Hubble space telescope captures supernovas light echo

Over a period of two-and-a-half years, NASAs Hubble Space Telescope observed the light echo of supernova SN 2014J in galaxy M82, located 11.4 million light-years away. The echo happens when light from the explosion bounces off a cloud of a giant cloud of gas and dust near the supernova.

Nov 10, 2017

THIS giant planet with dwarf star shocks astronomers as it defies their belief

A new research has said that a giant planet has been found orbiting a dwarf star outside our solar system.

Nov 2, 2017

Interstellar celestial body spotted in our solar system for the first time!

Speculations by astronomers suggest that there are chances that this comet might have moved away from its original orbit and passed by our planet for the first and the last time.

Oct 27, 2017

Orionids meteor shower: When and how to see the shooting stars; live streaming info

Orionids meteor shower, one of the most beautiful meteor showers of the year, will peak from October 20 night.

Oct 20, 2017

For the first time, astronomers spot 'kilonova' collision of neutron stars

The astronomers had earlier speculated about what would happen if two neutron stars collided over the years, but this was seen by them for the very first time.

Oct 17, 2017

Dramatic telescope footage shows fire tearing apart Louisiana oil rig

Telescope footage shows a fire causing severe damage to a Louisiana oil rig.

Oct 17, 2017

Astronomers reveal mystery behind Sun's extremely high coronal temperatures

Researchers speculate that nanoflares, which can't be analysed from Earth, are responsible for heating up the corona.

Oct 16, 2017

First ringed dwarf planet Haumea discovered: 7 things to know

First discovered in 2004 by a team led by MikeBrown of Caltech at the Palomar Observatory in the US, the planet is located beyond Neptune's orbit and is egg-shaped.

Oct 13, 2017

Giant exoplanets are hunted by NASA astronomers with this new method

Exoplanets are comparatively easier to detect than rocky planets and there is a possibility that some exoplanets have not been found in these systems.

Oct 12, 2017

NASA, 2012 TC4, asteroid, NEO, space rock,

Giant asteroid TC4 makes closest approach to Earth on Oct 12: LIVE STREAM LINKS

Asteroid 2012 TC4 was discovered in 2012 with the help of Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System in Hawaii.

Oct 11, 2017

This is a Test: Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Oct. 12 Close Approach

Asteroid 2012 TC4 was discovered by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) on Hawaii back in 2012.