New Delhi: Earth will be the farthest from the Sun today i.e on 4 July at 05:24 pm GMT ( 09:54 PM IST). This astronomical event called the 'aphelion', happens every year, but the
New Delhi: The sun has gone "completely blank" for the second time this month suggesting that our star is entering a new period of decreased activity — one that will continue to last for about five years. Something erupted on the far side on Satur
New Delhi: A transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun will take place in the afternoon of May 9 and will be visible from India after a gap of about ten years. The
Washington: NASA has created a video to 'see' and understand the Sun's invisible magnetic field, that may be crucial for future deep space travel, by combining real time observations and computer simulations to analyse how
Santiago: Chilean astronomer Maritza Soto has discovered a planet three times as large as Jupiter orbiting a red giant star larger than the Sun and located some 290 million light years from Earth.A doctoral student
London: A 54-year-old Spanish woman banned from selling plots on the Sun on eBay has filed a lawsuit against the internet e-commerce giant.Maria Duran, from Vigo in the Spanish region of Galicia, has been claiming
New Delhi: India is baking! The heat is on as most parts of India are reeling under a severe heat wave with temperatures hovering at over 45 degrees Celsius, and more than a thousand people
Today is Earth Day – an annual event created to celebrate the planet's environment and raise public awareness about pollution. The day is observed worldwide with rallies, conferences, outdoor activities and service project.Here are some
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA launched four identical spacecraft Thursday on a billion-dollar mission to study the explosive give-and-take of the Earth and sun's magnetic fields.The unmanned Atlas rocket -- and NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft --
Last month, NASA mesmerized us with the largest picture ever taken of Andromeda galaxy (69,536 x 22,230) which requires 4.3 GB disk space; and now they have come up with a bigger surprise this time.In
New Delhi: Drug major Sun Pharma is now a step closer to becoming the world's fifth-largest generic drug company, as the US Federal Trade Commission (USFTC) has given a conditional nod for the proposed $4-billion
New Delhi: Ranbaxy Laboratories will cease to exist as a company after completion of the $ 4 billion merger with Sun Pharmaceuticals, although its brands will be kept alive in over 100 markets. “The Ranbaxy entity
New Delhi: Maa Durga's incarnation as Kushmanda is worshiped on fourth day of Navratri. Maa Kushmanda possesses eight arms, holding weapons and a mala or rosary. Her mount is a tiger. Maa Kushmanda has the
New Delhi, Jan 1 : The Earth will be closest to the Sun tomorrow at 10:10 am IST at a distance of 147 million kilometres, Planetary Society of India General Secretary N Sri Raghunandan Kumar
Patna, Nov 2: ‘Chhath' was celebrated across Bihar today with lakhs of devotees thronging banks of several rivers and ponds besides rooftops to offer prayers and offerings to the rising Sun for the welfare of
Mountain View, California, Sept 16: Astronomers say a bit of science fiction is now reality. They've spotted a planet orbiting two suns.The discovery was made by NASA's planet-hunting telescope Kepler. Scientists describe the find in
New Delhi, Apr 3: An eye-catching spectacle will greet star gazers tomorrow when Saturn, the Lord of the Rings, will be brightest and biggest in the night sky making it visible to the naked eye.“Jovian
Tokyo, Dec 8 : A Japanese probe sent to Venus on an ambitious two-year mission to monitor the cloud-covered planet failed to reach orbit Wednesday and is believed to have been captured by the sun's
Madrid, Nov 27: After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as
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