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Cosmic collision can awake supermassive black hole that sits at the Milky Way's centre

The scientists believe that in two billion years there would be a collision between our home galaxy and Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Jan 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Nasa

Science

Dark matter was abundant in early universe, study finds

The new study report revealed that ancient galaxies had as much dark matter when compared to their modern day counterparts

Jan 3, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

The moon is seen during a lunar eclipse over Cairo, Egypt July 27, 2018.

Science

China's Chang'e-4 Lands On Moon's Far Side, Beats US For Historic Achievement, Sources Say

Chinese state media has yet to confirm the landing, so this should be taken with a grain of salt for now.

Jan 3, 2019

By Micah Ong

Science

Mars reality show? 2032 mission to tend people to planet with 'No Return Ticket'

Mars One mission team is still continuing their search for potential astronauts to man the rocket.

Jan 2, 2019

By Micah Ong

Nasa

Science

NASA New Year's Flyby: How To Watch New Horizons Spacecraft Explore Distant World

The mission team will then show the images taken by the spacecraft before the flyby after receiving the signal.

Dec 31, 2018

By Micah Ong

Nasa Universe

Science

Scientists say universe is an expanding bubble in an extra dimension

The new research revealed that the universe could be an expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Dec 31, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Universe

Science

81 kilometre-wide ice crater on Mars stuns ESA experts

The new ice crater named Korolev is supposedly 80 kilometers wide, and its depth is more than two kilometers

Dec 22, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Artist concept of 2018 VG18, nicknamed "Farout.

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Named 'Farout', distant planet at 96AU discovered

The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center has given it a code as 2018 VG18, nicknamed it "Farout." It is located at about 120 astronomical units.

Dec 19, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies the young star cluster NGC 602.

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Astronomers discover unique star forming like a planet

Astronomers said that the star and disc they have observed is so massive that, rather than witnessing a planet forming in the disc, they saw another star being born.

Dec 16, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Universe

Space

'Brightest Comet' to pass earth on Sunday; You can watch it without telescope

The phenomena will be one of the 10 closest comet flybys of the earth in 70 years and people can watch it with nacked-eye.

Dec 15, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Asteroid Nasa

Science

Black Hole: Scientists one step closer to unlocking secrets of darkest space entity

Scientists believe that the shape of the gases surrounding the black hole is like a 3D fountain, and is not doughnut shaped.

Dec 5, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

From Geminid meteors to Saturn's cosmic pairing: Five celestial events to look forward in December

Here are the list of those five celestial events that you should not miss this December 2018.

Dec 3, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Space

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

Here is the image of The Fairy of Eagle Nebula, along with a brief explanation.

Dec 3, 2018

By IBTimes SG Desk

Nasa

Science

NASA's InSight's landing site on Mars couldn't have been more perfect

NASA's InSight team were hoping to land the vehicle at a sandy area on the Red Planet that had a fewer number of rocks and the actual result is even better.

Dec 2, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Nasa