Peruse our ASTRONOMY category, you’ll get to read about everything from celestial events to Astro-Photography to upcoming Supernovas. In short, anything far off the Earth is a part of this category. Read about Space, Planets, Stars, Black Holes, Galaxies, and anything that comprise the Universe. Findings and discoveries from India would stand a special significance.
Take a closer look at your night sky. Find out which Supernova is in the pipeline. Learn the fundamental principles of everything space and planets. Learn musings of life on other planets and our own
Do not miss the articles specially selected by the Editor and categorized as “Editor’s Choice.”
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has opened up new opportunities for astronomers to explore the splendors of the universe. The images provided by the telescope have revealed several never-seen-before parts of deep space. Furthermore, what was visible before became even clearer...
Astronomers may have discovered one of the universe’s earliest stars. If this is the case, the finding might shed light on the origins of matter itself. Scientists have long hypothesised that in the early days of the universe, space was dominated by giant stars hundreds of times...
We all know Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest. But there’s a lot more about this mysterious planet. Mercury Has a Strange Orbit Mercury’s orbit is not only extremely rapid, but also extremely elliptical. The planet comes as near to the sun as 29 million miles...
Since Earth and Venus are quite similar in gravity and mass, Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is often considered Earth’s twin sister. However, the two planets are different and unique in their way. Venus is dazzling, bright and beautiful to look at. But, it is also dangerous and...
Pluto was demoted from the ninth planet from the Sun to one of five dwarf planets by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006. The IAU very certainly did not expect the considerable outcry that accompanied the adjustment in the solar system’s configuration. When the...
The most powerful and worst hurricanes ever recorded on Earth extended over 1,000 miles across. They had winds of up to 200 miles per hour. That is huge enough to span virtually all of the United States east of Texas. But, even such an intense storm that caused severe damage is dwarfed by...
At the North Pole, a stunning, magnificent, and unbelievable light show, called ‘The Aurora Lights’ or ‘The Northern Lights,” lights up in the sky. In other words, auroras are colourful, glowing halos around the poles. Since the Auroras are one of the most dazzling sights, it has...
Living on a planet has a lot of advantages, like presence of strong gravity to keep us from flying off into space and an atmosphere to protect us from damaging solar radiation. But, what if an advanced alien civilization ran out of room to grow on their home planet? What, if they ran out...
We have no idea what is beyond our known universe. We are not even totally aware of objects present within our own solar system. Every now and then scientists find something jaw-dropping. One such finding is the discovery of the planet 55 Cancri e. Now, discovery of a planet is not really...
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