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Its eye on space, how the Vera C Rubin Observatory will reveal the cosmos like never before
July 11, 2025 1:47 pm
The telescope has the world's largest digital camera, which is the size of a small car, weighs 2,800 kg, and boasts a staggering resolution of 3,200 megapixels. Such components will help provide comprehensive images of the night sky.
Gases structures key in enabling stars' formation: Milky Way's cold gas clouds mapped in unprecedented detail
April 02, 2025 9:56 pm
The MALS team is an international collaboration of researchers from around the world.
How scientists took first zoomed-in image of a star outside our galaxy
December 01, 2024 12:49 pm
The scientists have described their observations in the paper, ‘Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud’, published by the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics last week.
Researchers from Bengaluru institute find links to sources that heat up puffed gases swirling around Milky Way
November 28, 2024 8:45 pm
Studies conducted a few decades ago first discovered the presence of a gaseous sphere extending to 7 lakh light years surrounding the Milky Way.
Swarm of black holes detected moving through Milky Way’s star cluster
September 21, 2024 2:37 am
In around a billion years, the cluster is expected to dissolve entirely, leaving behind only black holes orbiting the Milky Way's centre.
Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
March 28, 2024 8:35 am
The magnetic field around the M87 black hole, called M87*, enables it to launch powerful jets of material into space, the researchers said.
Scientists reconstruct how alien astronomers will see the Milky Way
July 07, 2023 1:08 pm
If alien astronomers in a distant galaxy were to turn their telescopes to their Milky Way, what will they find?
With neutrinos, scientists observe our galaxy in a whole new way
June 30, 2023 12:37 pm
Neutrinos are electrically neutral, undisturbed by even the strongest magnetic field, and rarely interact with matter, earning the nickname "ghost particle."
Say cheese! Galactic photo shoot captures 3 billion stars
January 20, 2023 1:54 pm
Shown in remarkable detail, most of these Milky Way objects are stars. The count also includes small, distant galaxies that may have been mistaken as individual stars.
Curious Kids: how many galaxies are there in the universe?
December 01, 2022 10:34 am
Working out how many galaxies there are in the universe is actually pretty difficult. Many galaxies are too faint or small for us to observe easily, even with the most powerful telescopes. Despite this, astronomers came up with a clever way of working this out
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NASA's Hubble Telescope captures stunning spiral galaxies
July 12, 2024 9:09 pm
Six different filters’ data were collected to procure some of the images from the Hubble Telescope.
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