ESA retires `Big Bang radiation absorbing` Planck space telescope

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 14:21

ESA`s Planck space telescope has been switched off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of stars and galaxies throughout the history of the Universe.

Three Indian scientists played a role in mapping universe

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 11:50

The most-detailed map of the universe created through the observations made by Planck space telescope has an Indian element to it.

Planck`s new image of oldest light could reveal origins of our Universe

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 17:32

Planck was designed to map these fluctuations across the whole sky with greater resolution and sensitivity than ever before.

`Hot` gas bridge connecting pair of galaxy clusters spotted

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 18:33

A bridge of hot gas connecting a pair of galaxy clusters across 10 million light-years of intergalactic space has been detected for the first time using ESA’s Planck space telescope.