Scientists have discovered that the planets surrounding the HD 158259 star are in an almost perfect orbital harmony. About the Stellar System The stellar system of HD 158259...
Recent works by the researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics on blazars have provided insights into the processes happening close to black holes. Active Galactic Nucleus AGN...
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have discovered Li-rich red giants and have associated Li-enhancement with red clump giants. Li-rich Red Giants Apart from helium and hydrogen,...
A new snowman-shaped star was recently discovered by scientists. It was formed by merger of 2 white dwarf stars. White Dwarf: A white dwarf star is a common...
The 2019 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to Swiss Scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz and Canadian – American physicist James Peebles. One half of the prize...
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is an advanced analytical technique used to measure rare isotopes with high sensitivity and precision. Unlike conventional mass spectrometry, which relies on detecting stable...
The Big Crunch is a theoretical scenario in cosmology describing a possible ultimate fate of the universe in which its expansion eventually halts and reverses, leading to a...
Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that occupy the mass range between the heaviest gas giant planets and the lightest stars. They are unable to sustain the stable hydrogen...
The Gravity Assist Maneuver (also known as a gravitational slingshot, gravity assist maneuver or simply swing-by) is a term used in aerospace technology when the satellite uses the...
Baily’s Beads is an astronomical phenomenon observed during a total solar eclipse, characterised by the appearance of small points of sunlight that shine through the rugged valleys and...
Lagrange Point 1 (L1) is one of the five equilibrium positions in a two-body system where the gravitational forces of the two large bodies, combined with the centrifugal...
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995) was an Indian-American astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on stellar structure, stellar evolution, and the physics of compact objects. He is best known for...
