Astronomy

Newly identified black hole is located about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquila

Term ‘blue Moon’ refers to when we see a full moon twice in a month

$9 billion telescope, built for NASA by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp, is expected to revolutionise astronomy

Scholarship offers $35,000 for UC Berkeley

The fan confirmed that the name has been copyrighted with The Star Register

Peebles awarded half the prize while Mayor and Queloz shared the other half

Visitors to the museum located in Sharjah can admire a treasure trove of artefacts attributed to Muslim scholars

The visual evidence of a black hole stands to revolutionise astrophysics research

Revolutionary observations suggest first stars appeared 180m years after big bang, may hold information on dark matter

Radio bursts from FRB 121102 could originate from a young neutron star inside a powerful nebula, say researchers

Blast 130 million light years away is kind of event that produces half of universe's gold, uranium and mercury

Finding such a large black hole existing so early in the universe’s history surprised the researchers

The planet and star are about 600 light-years from Earth in a constellation called Columba

Experts pointed to two once-pristine sites that have become worryingly cluttered since the space age dawned in 1957

J025, discovered in May 2014, will be the largest asteroid to come this near to the planet since 2004

The results may help peel back mysteries about what the universe is made of and how it came into being

Over 4,500 entries were received from 80 countries across the globe and 31 prize winners were announced

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Defying stereotypes, 17-year-old Norina Shah has decided to pursue her passion for astronomy

Next transit to be visible on November 11, 2019, says expert

In a rare occurence, the tiniest planet Mercury will travel in front of the sun

Thousands of people across the region woke up in the early hours of the day to witness the total eclipse

Space is our future and should be shared by all human beings, he says

People will flock Wednesday to watch the eclipse travel in a broad arc across the world's biggest archipelago nation

New research defies Copernican principle which says there are worlds similar to our own among terrestrial planets

Space probe is on its way to rendezvousing with a far away asteroid, in quest to study the origin of the solar system

The rocky planet is slightly larger than the Earth and, like Venus, its surface is too hot to support liquid

Coronal holes aren't an alien phenomenon

During that moment, the moon was at its closest orbital point to Earth, called perigee