On the night of Oct. 5 to 6, 1923, Edwin Hubble discovered a new star — and revealed the utter vastness of the universe. Hubble was looking at the cosmos with the 100-inch Hooker telescope at the ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that Albert Einstein first predicted some 100 years ago.
Astronomers have spotted something new out in deep space. They’re calling it an “odd radio circle,” or ORC for short, and it’s stranger than anything they expected. Picture a faint, glowing ring of ...
Indian Knowledge Systems division calls students & firms to recreate astronomical instruments mentioned in classical Sanskrit texts. Selected instruments could be showcased to startups.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver awe-inspiring views of the cosmos and the art world has taken notice. Digital artist Ashley Zelinskie took that inspiration to the next level ...
The most distant and most powerful "odd radio circle" (ORC) known so far has been discovered by astronomers. These curious rings are a relatively newly identified astronomical phenomenon, having been ...
The Indian Knowledge System division is hosting competitions for students to recreate ancient astronomical instruments and produce educational videos on agriculture and mathematics.
Astronomers discover the most distant and powerful odd radio circle, reshaping theories about cosmic structures.s ...
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered a rare pair of "Odd Radio Circles" overlapping in space.
If you’ve been battered by the slow dripping tap of YouTube videos about the interstellar comet 3IATLAS, you can say you’ve suffered. The sheer range of tired recycled storylines is straight from the ...
Harvard Prof. Christopher W. Stubbs presented on the unprecedented efforts of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to map, track and photograph the ever changing night sky in a presentation Friday in the ...