Cosmos

How a siege in 18th-century British-occupied Calcutta gave us the term 'black hole'

While Einstein is credited with its discovery, the term 'black hole' has an interesting origin story of its own.

Neil deGrasse Tyson to return to Fox, National Geographic after sexual misconduct investigation

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will return to the air on two TV shows that had been put on hold for a sexual misconduct investigation.

NASA's Hubble captures haunting glimpse of bright blue cluster of objects in space

The objects are made by jets of ionized gases thrown out of a nreborn star, NASA said.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on Forest of Enchantments, timeless epics, comparisons between Sita and Draupadi

If symbolically, Sita, being the daughter of the earth, is in tune with the power of nature, then Ram embodies the laws of the city or civilization, everything that opposes Sita’s power — natural, emotional and free flowing

Neil deGrasse Tyson rejects sexual misconduct allegations levied by three women

Neil deGrasse Tyson added that men accused of sexual impropriety in today’s #MeToo climate, are presumed to be guilty by the court of public opinion

Particle physics seems to have ceded the glamour and excitement of new discoveries to astrophysics

Astrophysicists recently announced the discovery of an ancient collection of stars 9,700 light years away from Earth with an age of 13.2 billion years

NASA dismisses reports of a pending announcement by the agency on discovery of alien life

Last week, the hacking group Anonymous posted a video on YouTube suggesting that NASA is about to announce the discovery of life beyond Earth.

Moon may have formed from collision of tiny 'moonlets', says new study

Small 'moonlets' may have collided to form the moon as we see it today, according to a new study.

Firm co-founded by Indian-American to launch spacecraft to take human remains to the moon

A private firm co-founded by an Indian-American and licensed to launch a spacecraft and land on the moon plans to take human remains to the moon.

Scientists discover two small 'worlds' beyond Neptune

Scientists discovered two small 'worlds' far outside the orbit of Neptune in the deepest survey ever conducted to search out distant solar system objects.