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Look up! A once-in-a-lifetime explosion is about to create a ‘new’ star in the sky

Most of the time T CrB, which is 3,000 light years away, is much too faint to be seen. But once every 80 years or so, it brightly erupts.

10 July 2024, 08:39 IST

Look up! A once-in-a-lifetime explosion is about to create a ‘new’ star in the sky

Look up! A once-in-a-lifetime explosion is about to create a ‘new’ star in the sky

Look up! A once-in-a-lifetime explosion is about to create a ‘new’ star in the sky

10 July 2024, 08:39 IST

A sky high challenge

For trainee pilots accustomed to small, two-seater aircraft, flying a Dakota was their first encounter with a plane large enough to carry 25 troops in combat gear.

11 February 2024, 23:12 IST

A sky high challenge

A sky high challenge

A sky high challenge

11 February 2024, 23:12 IST

Want to get into stargazing? A professional astronomer explains where to start

To memorise the night sky, you can try star hopping. Pick out a bright, famous, easy to find constellation, and use it as a guide to help you identify the constellations around it, writes Jonti Horner, who is a Professor of Astrophysics.

29 December 2023, 06:37 IST

Want to get into stargazing? A professional astronomer explains where to start

Want to get into stargazing? A professional astronomer explains where to start

Want to get into stargazing? A professional astronomer explains where to start

29 December 2023, 06:37 IST

A guide to watching Geminid meteor shower

The annual spectacle has begun and will peak on December 14. Many Bengalureans are heading outside to catch the celestial action

07 December 2021, 17:27 IST

A guide to watching Geminid meteor shower

A guide to watching Geminid meteor shower

A guide to watching Geminid meteor shower

07 December 2021, 17:27 IST

Step into the clouds

PHOTO FEATURE: It is the season of clouds. Look up sometimes and get lost in their play of glow and gloom.

23 October 2021, 20:15 IST

A walk in the clouds

A walk in the clouds

Step into the clouds

23 October 2021, 20:15 IST

‘Dancing ghosts’: The sky throws up more surprises

The Dancing Ghosts were just one of several surprises found in our first deep search of the sky using ASKAP

04 August 2021, 10:53 IST

‘Dancing ghosts’: A new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers

‘Dancing ghosts’: A new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers

‘Dancing ghosts’: The sky throws up more surprises

04 August 2021, 10:53 IST