Telescope

Scientists catch precise moments of impact as meteoroid explodes in Jupiter's atmosphere

The observation is from a 17 millisecond snapshot in time, and researchers aren't sure what happened to the bright flash outside that time frame.

Captivating 'blue jets', 'elves' spotted over Pacific Ocean by observatory at space station

An observatory on the space station captured a single blue jet and four ‘elves’ – UV emissions from the bottom of the ionosphere – during a thunderstorm.

Inouye Solar Telescope reveals most detailed first-ever image captured of a sunspot

NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope is located on the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi. Construction began in 2013 and is slated to be completed in 2021.

Dilapidated Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory telescope collapses after receiver falls into radio dish

Photographs showed clouds of dust rising into the air and the remains of the telescope instruments scattered across the site.

Pune's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope bags 'IEEE Milestone' status for contributions, achievements

The GMR telescope has become just the third instance of IEEE recognition for an Indian contribution.

Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory is falling apart, leaving astronomers worried about their research

Last week, one of the telescope’s main steel cables that was capable of sustaining 544,000 kilograms snapped under only 283,000 kilograms.

Scientists detect mammoth collision of 'impossible' black holes for first time

It is thought that black holes are the vacuum cleaners of the Universe, sucking in everything in their paths.

IIT-Bombay students discover closest asteroid flyby of Earth ever recorded, experts confirm

The asteroid was first recorded six hours after its approach in data from the ZTF Observatory in California, as a long trail of light in the sky.

NASA weather satellite, Virtual Telescope capture Perseverance rover, Ingenuity launch to Mars

The satellite GOES 16 spotted the smoke plume released as the rover launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 30 July.

ESO's telescope captures stunning images of a 'cosmic butterfly' nebula 3,000 lightyears away

This ‘butterfly’ shape is a rare occurrence as only 10 to 20 percent of nebulae generate the bipolar shape.