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Active supermassive black holes discovered in merging galaxies

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 11:57

A team of astronomers have found at least one supermassive black holes almost always becomes active and luminous by accreting a large amount of material in luminous, gas-rich, merging galaxies.

Mystery behind massive star formation solved

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:52

A team of astrophysicists has found evidence which strongly supports a solution to a long-standing puzzle about the birth of some of the most massive stars in the universe.

Black hole theory my `biggest blunder,` says Stephen Hawking

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:33

After a series of controversies surrounding Black holes,Stephen Hawking is clarifying his stance on them and the role played by them in the universe.

New strontium atomic clock will stay precise till end of universe 5 bn years on

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:49

A research group led by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist has shown an experimental strontium atomic clock that has set new world records for both precision and stability.

Astronomers get first glimpse of `glue` of universe

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:27

Astronomers have found a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments believed to connect galaxies in a cosmic web.

2014 will be my year: Sushmita Sen

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:49

Sushmita Sen has lost weight and is gearing up for a comeback and says 2014 is going to be her year.

How normal galaxy in early universe actually looked like

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:26

An astronomer from University of Hawaii at Manoa has obtained the first image that shows the structure of a normal galaxy in the early universe.

Massive exoplanets may be more Earth-like than previously believed

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 15:28

A team of researchers have said that massive exoplanets, called "Super-Earths," are much likelier to have an Earth-like climate than previously believed.

Hubble space telescope finds deep sea of small, faint early galaxies

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 12:39

NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope has found the long-suspected underlying population of galaxies, which produced the bulk of new stars during the universe`s early years.

The Bollywood story through film posters, lobby cards

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 12:59

Bollywood`s unseen and lesser known stills capturing action, affection, portraiture and villainy through decades-old film memorabilia like cinema lobby and show cards is now put on show.

Earth far from being fried by gamma ray burst, say researchers

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 09:50

Researchers have revealed that the chances of Earth being fried by a largest gamma ray burst are exceedingly rare.

Swirls in remnants of Big Bang could reveal secrets about universe`s infancy

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 13:10

Researchers have detected a subtle distortion in the oldest light in the universe, which may they believe might help unravel secrets about the early moments in the universe`s formation.