Daily news
Daily news for TNPSC and other Tamil Nadu exams — short, exam-focused, in Tamil and English.
23 stories for “Astronomy”
Clear filtersThe National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar is poised to become the first among India's NITs to have a dedicated observatory on its own campus. The facility will give students and researchers direct, on-site acce...
The fourth Hanle Dark Sky Reserve (HDSR) Star Party was held at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh. It was jointly organised by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Ladakh's Department of Wildlif...
India achieved its best-ever tally at the 19th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) 2026, hosted by Italy, by securing nine medals. The Indian student team brought home 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Partic...
IntroductionOne of the most prolific and celebrated celestial events of the astronomical calendar, the annual Perseid meteor shower, reached its spectacular peak around 12–13 August 2026. The 2026 celestial display was e...
The Himalayan Chandra Telescope at Hanle, Ladakh, has completed 25 years since its First Light on 26 September 2000.Operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) under the Department of Science and Technology, i...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive astronomical event, the fierce absolute periodic Comet 10P/Tempel 2 strictly and officially made a visible appearance in the Bengaluru sky, forcefully marking its ret...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive astrophysical discovery, a new study utilizing data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope strictly and officially revealed that star formation in the Andromeda Galaxy (M...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive astrophysical breakthrough, Indian astronomers, working fiercely with international collaborators, strictly and officially announced the discovery of an actively form...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive breakthrough in solar physics, a consortium of Indian scientists strictly and officially discovered a hidden meridional plasma flow in the Sun's upper chromosphere, f...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive leap in astrophysical observation, astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) strictly and officially discovered Beta Pictoris d, forcefully uncoverin...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive astrophysical breakthrough, an international team of astronomers (including prominent Indian researchers) strictly and officially discovered a massive, previously hid...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive achievement for homegrown citizen science, researchers from India's RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory strictly and officially discovered a phenomenally rare bow-and-ar...
