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Lemaitre was a Belgian Catholic priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven.

Google celebrates astronomer Georges Lemaitre's birth anniversary

Born on July 17, 1894, Lemaitre proposed what is known as the "Big Bang theory", the origin of the universe.

17 July 2018 8:19 AM IST

Jupiters poles are a stark contrast to the more familiar orange and white belts and zones encircling the planet at lower latitudes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered by amateur astronomer

Due to such proximity to the star, the temperature of the atmosphere KPS-1b is much higher than that of Jupiter.

20 May 2018 3:13 PM IST

This Nov. 16image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, lighter area in center. Several other galaxies can be seen through it. The unusual galaxys stars are speeding around with no apparent influence from dark matter, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. (Photo: AP)

Astronomers discover galaxy without dark matter

The discovery could revise or even upend theories of how galaxies are formed.

29 March 2018 9:46 AM IST

Vera Rubin (Photo: Vassar College Library)

Pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin dies at 88

Rubin, who helped find powerful evidence of dark matter, found that galaxies don't quite rotate the way they were...

27 Dec 2016 8:47 AM IST

In a sense, his touch-me-nots were not just responding to light; they were able to predict or anticipate the day and night even in constant darkness!

The body clock

Their discovery was that the complex body clock has a simple framework of operation.

24 Dec 2017 12:35 AM IST