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  After environmental testing, NASA’s next observatory comes closer to ‘reaching the stars’

  World | May 02, 2017 14:29 IST

  With completion of its environmental testing, the James Webb space telescope of NASA has come a step closer to “reaching the stars”.

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  Observatory to study gravitational waves to come up in Maharashtra

  India | October 05, 2016 23:41 IST

  In efforts to study the cosmic gravitational waves, Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) which will come up in Hingoli district. The LIGO — part of

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  NASA observatory captures massive solar flare

  World | July 13, 2012 23:38 IST

  Washington, Jul 13: A solar storm is racing toward Earth this weekend - but scientists say there is no need to worry.NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the storm beginning with the eruption of