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Preliminary analysis suggests the diminutive galaxy weighs in at no more than 3 billion solar masses (credit: NASA)

NASA discovers farthest known Galaxy in the universe

A primitive cluster of stars which are about 500 million years old were spotted by NASA.

14 Jan 2018 2:00 PM IST

Astronomers have found a nearby star munching on a planet or mini-planets. (Photo: AP)

Astronomers discover nearby star that could be chomping a planet

A NASA space telescope noticed that the star suddenly started looking a bit strange last year.

20 July 2018 2:33 PM IST

A rare celestial occurrence as a Super Blue Blood Moon is seen at Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calf. The moon is putting on a rare cosmic show. Its the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse. NASA is calling it a lunar trifecta: the first super blue blood moon since 1982. That combination wont happen again until 2037.

Show of the month: Super Blood Wolf Moon ahead

The total eclipse, which will begin minutes before midnight on the East Coast (0500 GMT).

19 Jan 2019 11:06 AM IST

The scientists viewed the galaxy, called MACS1149-JD1, as it existed roughly 550 million years after the Big Bang, which gave rise to the universe about 13.8 billion years ago. (Photo: NASA)

Oxygen presence in distant galaxy sheds light on early universe

Astronomers provides insight into star formation in perhaps the most distant galaxy ever observed.

17 May 2018 8:41 PM IST

The observation came after a decade-long quest, years earlier than expected, and was described as the biggest astronomical breakthrough. (Photo: Pixabay)

Astronomers detect signal of Universe's first stars: Study

Finding this miniscule signal has opened a new window on the early Universe.

1 March 2018 3:40 PM IST

The image provided by the National Science Foundation shows a timeline of the universe. (N.R. Fuller/National Science Foundation via AP)

Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on

Scientists have detected a signal from 180 million years after the Big Bang when the earliest stars began glowing.

1 March 2018 2:04 PM IST

The radio waves indicated the universe likely was twice as cold then as previously thought: minus 454 degrees Fahrenheit. (Representative Image)

Evidence of universe's earliest-known stars detected

Faint signals of hydrogen gas spotted by the instrument indicated the presence of stars 180 million years after the Big...

1 March 2018 11:38 AM IST

The elements that make stars over millions of years ago help make up most of the body with over two dozen elements in the body including sulphur and phosphorous. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stardust makes up 97 per cent of our bodies

The elements found in the body are the same found in stars in our galaxy

9 Jan 2017 5:22 PM IST

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Ancient stardust sheds light on the first stars

An international team of astronomers observed the most distant object ever.

9 March 2017 9:39 AM IST

The file photo, shows a starfish clings to a rock near Haystack Rock during low tide in Cannon Beach, Ore. Starfish are making a comeback on the West Coast, four years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them. From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea stars from British Columbia to Mexico. Now the species is rebounding with sea stars being spotted in Southern California tide pools and elsewhere, the Orange County Register reported. (Photo: AP)

Starfish making comeback after syndrome killed millions

From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea stars from British Columbia to Mexico.

30 Dec 2017 9:57 AM IST

Albert Einstein (Photo: AFP)

Einstein's theory confirmed in measure of distant star's mass

Scientists have confirmed one of Albert Einstein's century-old theories by witnessing it with the Hubble Space...

8 Jun 2017 8:16 AM IST

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Tatooine' from Star Wars could actually be a habitable planet

An Earth-sized 'Tatooine' like planet could be quite hospitable if located at the right distance from its two stars.

13 April 2017 5:34 PM IST