New Delhi, December 18, 2022: While tracing a burst of high-energy light detected on December 11, 2021, from the outskirts of the Milky Way located approximately 1 billion light-years away, astronomers have spotted the first astronomical event in which a long GRB has been accompanied by the unexpected discovery of a kilonova emission. Generally, kilonova are […]
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Study of dust from cosmic dance of a white dwarf and companion star could unravel mysteries behind start of life
New Delhi, August 26, 2022: In the winter months of 2007, astrophysicists from all over the world had made a beeline to observatories on mountaintops to observe a bright explosion born out of the cosmic dance of a white dwarf and its companion star resulting in thick dust around an imploding novae. Dr R K […]
Deciphering of physical characteristics of a rare class of supernovae hint towards advanced stage of evolution of special class of very hot, massive stars
New Delhi, August 17, 2022: A team of scientists have deciphered the physical characteristics of a rare class of supernovae called Type Ibn Supernovae (SNe). Type Ibn supernovae are a rare class of stripped-envelope supernovae interacting with a helium-rich dense circumstellar medium (CSM). These SNe are unique and essential because they help to explore about the typical density, […]
Motion of some stars holds clue of dark matter shape in barred galaxies
NewDelhi, January 28, 2022: Dark matter forms the skeleton on which galaxies form, evolve, and merge. Scientists investigating how the shape of dark matter halo affects the motion of stars in stellar bars (found at the centre of some galaxies) have found that out-of-plane bending events of the bar explain the shape of dark matter […]
Carbon-rich stars steal heavy elements from their low mass companions
New Delhi, January 7, 2022: Scientists have long been intrigued by the presence of much higher fraction of elements heavier than iron than is expected in carbon-rich stars. A new research by Indian astronomers has now traced its origin to the low mass companions of these stars, from which the materials have been stolen. Though there […]
Scientists trace first clue to understand transient high energy pulses from magnetars several thousand times to that of the Sun
New Delhi, December 26, 2021: Scientists have found the first clues to understand violent short duration flares from a compact star of rare category called magnetars located thirteen million light years away. These compact stars with the most intense magnetic field known, of which only thirty have been spotted so far in our galaxy, suffer […]
The mystery behind the high abundance of Lithium in some evolved stars traced
New Delhi, December 7, 2021: Scientists have found a clue to the mystery behind the high abundance of Lithium— a trace element on Earth, and a key component of rechargeable batteries, in some evolved stars. For more than four decades, Astronomers have known that a class of stars have an anomalous amount of Lithium on […]
Resolution of scientific challenge in calculating chemical abundance in stars can help explore their history better
New Delhi, September 23, 2021: The probe of astronomers into the history of formation and evolution of stars through chemical constitution of the bodies has long been hampered by an intriguing ‘carbon problem’—a mismatch between predicted and observed values of an abundance of elements that prevented the scientists from correctly calculating the abundances of the […]
Researchers Discover Three Super-massive Black Holes Merging Together in Our Nearby Universe
New Delhi, August 28, 2021: Indian researchers have discovered three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging together to form a triple active galactic nucleus, a compact region at the center of a newly discovered galaxy that has a much-higher-than-normal luminosity. This rare occurrence in our nearby Universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal […]
Angel Number 188 meaning: The energy of the sun, the moon, and the stars!
Angel Number 188 is the energy of the sun, the moon, and the stars and ends up fulfilling the desires of the heart, mind, and soul. Angel Number 188 is the sign of even hardcore manifestations taking birth and fulfilling desires. Angel Number 188 comes when a person has proved her/his capabilities at every juncture […]