Distant faint `satellite galaxy` discovered

Last Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 11:34

Astronomers have discovered a faint satellite galaxy 10 billion light years from Earth.

Astronomers see more planets than stars in galaxy

Last Updated: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 08:19

The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it is a crowded and crazy cosmos. They think planets easily outnumber stars in our galaxy and they are even finding them in the strangest of places.

Astronomers make biggest map of dark matter

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 08:27

International astronomers said today they have created the largest map of dark matter ever observed in the universe, using data from potent telescopes that scanned 10 million galaxies.

Astronomers discover 2 hidden alien planets

Last Updated: Friday, October 7, 2011, 17:13

Astronomers have tracked two elusive extrasolar planets that went undetected in image data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope for 13 years.

What`s the age of the Moon? It could be waning

Last Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 09:00

That old Moon might not be as antique as we thought, some scientist think. They say it`s possible that it isn`t a day over 4.4 billion years old.

Neutron star hit by super giant matter flares up

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 17:21

The flare took place on a neutron star, the collapsed heart of a once much larger star. Now about 10 km in diameter, the neutron star is so dense that it generates a strong gravitational field.

Ten new planets discovered

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 18:22

An international team, including scientists from the University of Oxford, has discovered 10 new planets.

Planet going the wrong way?

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 12:54

All planets are known to move around their stars in the same direction as the star spins. But, now astronomers have spotted a heavenly body which they claim breaks the mould.