Lalit Mengi [email protected] India had blazed a trail across the world, in the millennium and a half from 250 BC to ...

In the desert stillness of Egypt's Wadi El-Hitan, a group of stargazers kneeled on the cooling Fayoum sands as Mohammed Hassan's green laser sliced through the ink-black sky to illuminate the glowing ...

Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don't have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out ...

At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as ...

Black holes are among the most fascinating and enigmatic objects in the universe. Born from collapsed stars and governed by ...

Deep Impact is leaving Netflix soon. Starring Elijah Wood and directed by Mimi Leder, the asteroid disaster film remains one ...

Described in the Gospel of Matthew as the celestial sign that led the Magi to the newborn Jesus, the star stands at the ...

IUCAA was founded in 1988 under the leadership of the late Professor Jayant Narlikar and other colleagues. It was formed to ...

We close out the list with a third Rebecca Yarros novel, the latest installment in the "Empyrean" series that were the third ...

Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a moment of renewal.

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

Taking the highest IMDb rating for Hallmark Christmas movies set in Vermont is "Following Yonder Star," a new movie that premiered this year. After a scandal tears apart Abby's life, she spends ...