Universe
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Scientists discover hidden galaxies behind Milky Way
World | Feb 10, 2016, 10:36 AM ISTSydney: A team of international scientists has discovered hundreds of hidden galaxies hidden from view until now by our own galaxy, the Milky Way, some 250 million light years away from the Earth.The discovery may
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Oldest stars in universe found near Milky Way centre
World | Nov 12, 2015, 11:47 AM ISTSydney: Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the oldest stars ever seen, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the universe was just 300 million years old.The nine stars, found near
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Farthest known galaxy in universe discovered
World | May 06, 2015, 09:26 AM ISTWashington: An international team of astronomers has said they have discovered the most distant galaxy ever measured in the universe.By using a powerful instrument called MOSFIRE on the Keck I telescope at the Keck Observatory
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NASA mission to study magnetic fields in universe
World | Nov 25, 2014, 10:33 AM ISTWashington: The US space agency plans to launch an ambitious Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission in March next year to deploy four identical spacecraft from a single rocket to study magnetic reconnection in the universe.NASA has
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Narendra Modi got more votes than anyone in universe, says David Cameron
World | Jul 11, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTLondon: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said that he congratulated Narendra Modi for winning more votes than any other politician in the universe during his phone call after the "extraordinary" Indian election. "I
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First evidence of universe's Big Bang found
Mar 18, 2014, 04:39 PM ISTIn a breakthrough, astronomers have found the first direct evidence of Big Bang by imaging the gravitational waves produced almost 14 billion years ago when the entire universe sprung into existence.The universe we inhabit burst
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Universe is a hologram, say physicists
World | Dec 12, 2013, 10:19 AM ISTTokyo: A team of physicists in Japan conducted a ten-dimensional theory of gravity and proposed that we may be living in a holographic projection .Yoshifumi Hyakutake of Ibaraki University in Japan and his colleagues have
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Five innovative ways for Interplanetary Communication
World | Mar 02, 2013, 06:50 AM ISTImagine that you're an astronaut who's been sent to establish a colony on Mars, where you spot something really incredible, and want to show it to your partners on earth. You might be able to
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NASA observatory captures massive solar flare
World | Jul 13, 2012, 11:38 PM ISTWashington, 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
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Mars To Glow At Its 'Brightest' On Monday
India | Mar 04, 2012, 09:02 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 4: Red planet Mars will be brightest and closest “it can get” to earth tomorrow, giving sky gazers an opportunity to see it with naked eyes.“On March 3, Mars was at opposition