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July 2026 night sky guide: When to see the Buck Moon, Milky Way and Venus?

July 2026 offers one of the year's best stargazing windows, featuring the Full Buck Moon, Venus, Mars, the Milky Way and the start of meteor season. (Representational)

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Published on Jul 04, 2026 07:10 am IST

Mangalore photographer captures Milky Way after his village had no electricity

Photographer Brijesh Naik, from Kepu, Mangalore, took to Instagram to share his story of capturing the Milky Way.

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Updated on Aug 04, 2025 05:13 pm IST

Most breathtaking Astro Tourism spots in Saudi for Feb 2025 planetary event

Saudi’s dark sky wonders: Where to see the Milky Way like never before

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Updated on Feb 01, 2025 02:08 pm IST

GMRT helps discover biggest pair of black hole jets from galaxy 7.5 billion light-years from Earth

The jet megastructure has been nicknamed ‘Porphyrion’ after a giant in Greek mythology and dates back to a time when our universe was 6.3 billion years’ old. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Oct 08, 2024 08:00 am IST

BH3: Milky Way's biggest stellar black hole is 2000 light years way from Earth

The Milky Way's Galactic Centre and Jupiter (brightest spot at centre top) are seen from the countryside near the small town in Florida.

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Published on Apr 16, 2024 11:51 pm IST

A black hole, 33 times the mass of the Sun, found hiding in Milky Way Galaxy

ESA Gaia mission has found a black hole that defies explanation.

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Updated on Apr 16, 2024 07:15 pm IST

From Chandrayaan 3 to Milky Way: The Shiva and Shakti connection

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced 'Shiv Shakti' as the name for the site where the Vikram lander had made the touchdown

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Updated on Mar 24, 2024 08:10 pm IST

Scientists identify Milky Way's ancient building blocks Shakti and Shiva

Astronomers have identified two ancient streams of stars - named after the Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva - that appear to be among the Milky Way's earliest building blocks, offering new insight into how our galaxy came together long ago. (Representational picture)

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Published on Mar 23, 2024 08:55 am IST

Gaia telescope reveals insights into Milky Way's history

Astronomers believe Shakti and Shiva are so old they likely formed before the oldest parts of our galaxy's spiral arms and disc.

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Published on Mar 22, 2024 02:38 pm IST

Indian researchers detect X-Ray Polarization in Extragalactic black hole

In a first, IIT Guwahati, ISRO researchers detect X-Ray Polarization in Extragalactic black hole

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Published on Nov 17, 2023 10:31 am IST

When a camera takes a selfie, and reveals a star

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Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex taken by the NIRCam, which was released on the first anniversary of the James Webb Telescope on July 12, 2023.

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Updated on Dec 31, 2024 04:39 pm IST

Watch: ‘Giant mirror’-like alien planet that ‘shouldn't exist’, discovered

An artist's impression of the exoplanet LTT9779b orbiting its host star, located 264 light years from Earth.

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Published on Jul 11, 2023 01:42 pm IST

Ningaloo Eclipse 2023: Top places in Australia for best dark sky experiences

The Ningaloo hybrid solar eclipse will be visible on April 20.

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Published on Apr 16, 2023 05:44 pm IST

Object near supermassive black hole at Milky Way's centre intrigues scientists

The Milky Way's Galactic Centre and Jupiter (brightest spot at centre top) are seen from the countryside near the small town in Florida.

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Published on Feb 26, 2023 03:28 pm IST

Mysterious ripples in milky way due to a dwarf galaxy: Study

By measuring how strong the ripples are in different parts of the disc, the researchers have begun to piece together a complex puzzle.

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Published on Sept 25, 2022 06:19 am IST

Milky Way’s black hole comes to light: How astronomers captured first image

This is the first image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy..

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Updated on May 12, 2022 11:29 pm IST

Astronomers find ‘spooky’ object in the Milky Way unlike anything seen before

This undated handout image by astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker from the Curtin University node of the ICRAR shows the Milky Way as viewed from Earth, with a star icon (at R-placed by source) marking the position of a mysterious repeating transient in space.

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Published on Jan 27, 2022 10:15 am IST

Astronomers spot giant 'blinking' star near Milky way

Since the star is located in a dense region of the Milky Way, the researchers considered whether some unknown dark object could have simply drifted in front of the giant star by chance.

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Published on Jun 14, 2021 07:46 pm IST

‘Cosmic masterpiece’: Nasa image shows ‘violent energy’ of Milky Way ‘downtown

Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Published on May 30, 2021 07:28 pm IST

'The Unicorn', closest known black hole to Earth, may be galaxy's smallest

Black holes are extraordinarily dense objects that possess gravitational pulls so strong that not even light can escape. 'The Unicorn' falls into what the researchers called a "mass gap" between the largest-known neutron stars - objects similarly formed by a large star's collapse.

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Published on Apr 23, 2021 07:34 am IST

NASA’s project translates data into sound, lets you ‘listen’ to the centre of the Milky Way. Heard it yet?

People have shared various reactions on the posts shared by NASA.

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Published on Sept 24, 2020 09:46 am IST

Pocketful of stars: NASA’s space telescope gives a taste of dreaminess in latest picture

NASA’s space telescope gives a taste of dreaminess in latest picture

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Updated on Sept 12, 2020 12:02 pm IST

NASA’s Hubble telescope maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy

In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense envelope of gas, called a halo, surrounding the Andromeda galaxy.

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Published on Aug 28, 2020 11:33 am IST