Astronomer

Missing remains of 1987 supernova tracked down as dust clouds continue to shroud its neutron star

For the very first time, scientists can tell there's a neutron star inside a debris cloud within a supernova remnant.

Persian mathematician Omar Khayyam’s 971st birthday celebrated in Google Doodle

Khayyam has some important contributions in the field of mathematics, literature, and astronomy.

Hubble telescope captures 2,65,000 galaxies in an extensive Legacy Field mosaic

In galaxies far, far away, stars form and die, Hubble captured them in a single epic photograph.

AstroSat space observatory discovers new group of stars in globular cluster

Globular clusters are collections of thousands to millions of stars, moving as one unit.

NASA's Hubble struggles with a positioning problem after losing its gyroscope

As a result, Hubble remains in so-called safe mode and all science observations are on hold.

This permanent immigrant asteroid could reveal important information about the evolution of our solar system

To find the origin of the asteroid, the team ran simulations to trace the location of 2015 BZ509 right back to the birth of our Solar System.

Astronomers spot primitive Little Cub galaxy which may shed light on the early universe

Astronomers have spotted a primitive galaxy, dubbed "Little Cub", which they believe could reveal more about the chemical signature of the universe.

Astronomers discover "hottest gas giant" planet with more than 4,300 degrees of temperature

Because the planet is tidally locked to its star, one side of the planet is always facing toward the star, and one side is in perpetual darkness.

Indian origin astronomer-led team spots black hole 5000 times the size of the Sun

In a first, a team including an Indian-origin astronomer has found evidence for a new intermediate-mass black hole about 5,000 times the mass of the Sun.