A new multimillion-rand telescope in the Karoo will offer astronomers an unprecedented view of the stars. The MeerLICHT instrument in Sutherland will be specifically linked to the MeerKAT radio telescope array near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape. Unlike its bigger brother SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), the MeerLICHT is meant …
Divya Gandhi BANGALORE: Speculation is rife among space scientists that the quest for water on the moon may have reached a climactic end with the discovery of
Aiming to set up a space station in near future, China has began erecting its fourth rocket launching centre on the Hainan island in the southern part of the country. The Hainan Space Launch Centre would come up near the Wenchang city in the north-east coast of the island and …
Jupiter snared a passing comet in the middle of the last century, eventually releasing it 12 years later, astronomers reported on Monday. Data presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, near Berlin, showed that the biggest planet of the Solar System gained a temporary satellite, a comet called …
CHANDRAYAAN-I may have met a premature death, but its mission remains more or less accomplished. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has said that the termination of Chandrayaan-1 last week after losing radio contact with earth will not impact the retrieval of scientific data it has carried out in …
This rare celestial treat comes once in 15 yrs New Delhi, September 6 Saturn, the lord of rings, is without its rings! Shocked! Don't be, as the rings have not gone anywhere. They have just become invisible to us due to a rare celestial phenomenon. Explaining the phenomenon, which occurs …
Error In Moon Temp Calculation Led To Failure Panaji: The reasons for early termination of the Chandrayaan-I mission are now tumbling out and they reveal that Isro had kept the Moon orbiter
SILAPATHAR : The Aryabhatta Science Centre, Sissiborgaon block, was opened at Silapathar Science College, Silapathar on September 4. At the opening ceremony the principal of Silapathar Science College, Ranjit Saikia appealed to everybody present to inculcate scientific attitude. The Aryabhatta Science Centre, Sissiborgaon block under Assam Science and Technology, Environment …
China said on Friday that it would provide financial assistance to Pakistan for launching its first satellite and a memorandum of understanding in this connection would be signed next week. Addressing a press conference, Chinese Ambassador Lou Zhaohui said President Asif Ali Zardari and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao would …
Washington: Researchers have found the ideal spot for an observatory. The search for the best spot has led to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
Panaji: Isro chief G Madhavan Nair was on Monday elected president of the International Academy of Astronautics, becoming the first non-American to head the half-a-century-old organisation of world
India goes for cutting-edge telescopes astronomers in India see a large window opening into the sky. In about a decade they would be gazing into farther corners of the universe that current telescopes cannot reach. To get that edge premier Indian research centres are analyzing three collaborative optical telescopes being …
London: Astronomers have discovered the first planet that orbits in the opposite direction to the spin of its star. A team of scientists say the planet appears to have been the victim of a game of planetary billiards, flung into its unusual orbit by a close encounter with a
