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Stars’ age measured to uncover Milky Way’s history

A new discovery of stars’ age may help understand how our Milky Way galaxy built itself up over bill...

Dust rings may not always be `calling cards of unseen planets`

Contrary to popular belief that sharp rings of dust around stars are always carved by planets, a new...

Rogue stars ejected from Milky Way found in intergalactic space

Researchers have identified a group of more than 675 stars on the outskirts of the Milky Way that th...

Universe has many more stars than known?

Some of the oldest galaxies in the Universe have three times more stellar mass, and so many more sta...

How red giant stars lose weight `revealed`

Astronomers claim to have finally revealed how the red giant stars of our galaxy lose massive weigh...

Sandstorms in space discovered

Using new techniques, researchers have explored the atmospheres of distant, dying stars.

Explore stars in the US from India using internet telescope

Students from nearly 80 Delhi schools will soon get an opportunity to explore the night skies in the...

Soon, dead stars `may guide astronauts across the Universe`

These dense, burnt-out stars rotate rapidly, sweeping their emission across the cosmos at rates that...

Scientists image billion stars of Milky Way in detail

More than a billion stars in our galaxy can be seen together in detail for the first time in an imag...

Traces of rare earth element detected in stars

Scientists have detected traces of a rare earth element, tellurium, in three ancient stars.

Pulsars can help detect gravitational waves

Pulsars are perhaps the most extraordinary physics laboratories in the Universe.

Trinamool ropes in B’wood stars to woo UP voters

Yesteryear B`wood actors Padmini Kolhapuri and Poonam Dhillon Thursday campaigned for the party cand...

Star power to add fuel to poll campaigning

The UP Assembly polls will see a sprinkling of star dust with political parties planning to rope in ...

Data on 200 million stars released

Astronomers have released the largest data set ever collected on brightening and dimming of two hund...

Astronomers see more planets than stars in galaxy

The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it is a crowded and crazy cosmos...

Woman astronaut to head starship project

Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go into space in 1992, has been chosen to head the ...

Astronomers stiill have long way to reach stars

According to a US researcher,interstellar travel is a one-way trip would take 80,000 years to travel...

SCUBA-2 to give star gazers deeper look into space

A new ‘submillimeter’ astronomy camera that can map areas of sky hundreds of times faster will now h...

18 new Jupiter-like planets discovered

Using twin telescopes at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, astronomers have discovered 18 new Jupiter-...

Astronomers shed light on early stars in cosmos

After decades of scouring the universe, astronomers finally have found two immense clouds of gas tha...

How red dwarfs could warm planets to sustain life

A new study has found how red dwarfs are likelier to support life than had been thought previously.

Over 2 dozen free-floating failed stars discovered

An international team of astronomers has discovered over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs - ...

Massive stars behind cosmic fog of early universe?

High energy light from massive stars could have been responsible for the opaque and dense fog betwee...

NASA`s flying telescope in search of distant stars

SOFIA is being used by astronomers for studying the atmospheres of planets and the formation of star...

Positives from England

Despite the agony, there were some young Indian players who excelled in England.

1/3rd of sun-like stars have Earth like planets?

A mission launched in “search of habitable planets” by NASA has predicted that one-third of “sun-lik...

Bill Clinton turned down TV dance show offer

Former US president Bill Clinton was invited to take part in smash US television show "Dancing With ...

Rooney sets up 2 as Manchester United beats MLS

Wayne Rooney set up two goals and Park Ji-sung danced around a defender for another as Manchester Un...

Andre Villas-Boas backs ageing Chelsea stars

Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas is backing his golden oldies to deliver the expected titles in the 2...

Zombie stars reveal history of universe expansion

Scientists have claimed that a special category of stars, known as Type Ia supernovae or ‘Zombie’ st...

Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash

A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma ray...

`Young stars blast water into space at 200,000 kmp

Young stars blast huge jets of water into space at a speed of about 200,000 kilometres per hour, or ...

Stars to help track space junk

Optical techniques developed to observe and position GEO satellites using telescopes.

Milky Way `in mid-life crisis`

Our Milky way will slow down its production of stars over next bn years, say planetary scientists.

Indian stars to skip Asian Athletics Grand Prix

India have decided to field a 14-member team without some star performers in the three-leg Asian Ath...

NASA discovers 122 new eclipsing binary stars

In a groundbreaking survey, researchers have discovered 122 new eclipsing binary stars.

Shooting stars to light up night sky tomorrow

Sky gazers may get a glimpse of shooting stars during Lyrids meteor shower tomorrow night.

Kerala Opposition leader criticizes defacing posters of filmstars

Congress leader Oommen Chandy on Tuesday charged CPI(M) workers with defacing posters of filmstars...

Star formation linked to sonic booms

Herschel Space Observatory provided new evidence on how stars form from the diffuse interstellar med...

Dying white dwarf stars could be fertile ground for other Earths

Best place to look for planets that can support life is around dim, dying stars called white dwarfs.

As lights turned off, stars lit up the night sky

Sixty minutes of Earth Hour gave Delhiites an opportunity to get a real gaze of the night sky dott...

New stars `spotted` in Milky Way

The new "Aquarius Stream" is named after the constellation of Aquarius in which it resides.

Give me back my zodiac sign!

Countless people reacted on social networks to the "news" that the stars have shifted alignment.

New Cambridge light on cosmic `dark ages`

Remnants of the first stars have helped astronomers get closer on cosmic `dark ages`.

Six Indians in Asian All Stars hockey team

India got recognition for playing good hockey with six players making it to Asian All Stars team.

Universe holds more stars than sand grains on earth

The universe holds more stars than the total number of sand grains on the earth.

300 sextillion stars in universe!

There are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of stars, or 3 times as many as previously calculated.

How cosmic dust shape the twinkling stars

Want to know about the formation of stars? Well, scientists have found that cosmic dust is a vital i...

Delhiites miss 97 percent of stars

Sky-gazers in Delhi miss nearly 97 percent of stars which are visible to the naked eyes as compared ...

Earth-sized planets could be common

It may be possible that one in 4 stars similar to the Sun could be orbited by Earth-size planets.

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