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Astronomy

Nandivada Rathnasree (1963-2021): Passionate astronomy educator who helped many reach for the stars

Pranav Sharma
· May 12, 2021 · 08:00 am
Watch: Planets Jupiter and Saturn in rare ‘Great Conjunction’ that won’t take place again until 2080

Scroll Staff
· Dec 22, 2020 · 01:55 pm
Enjoy stargazing while it lasts. Companies like SpaceX and Amazon are about to ruin it

Samantha Lawler, The Conversation
· Nov 22, 2020 · 07:30 pm
Nokia is set to build a 4G network on Moon and astronomers aren’t happy

Emma Alexander, The Conversation
· Oct 27, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Enormous collision in space leads astronomers to discover the most massive black hole yet

Ilya Mandel, The Conversation
· Sep 04, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Watch: Spectacular timelapse videos show Neowise comet moving through the sky

Scroll Staff
· Jul 21, 2020 · 11:15 am
Watch: The Neowise comet moves across the sky in Japanese observatory’s timelapse video

Scroll Staff
· Jul 15, 2020 · 11:28 am
Watch: A stunning zoom-in on a beautiful planetary configuration called the Butterfly Nebula

Scroll Staff
· Jul 13, 2020 · 12:46 pm
An astronomer explains why you have got your zodiac sign wrong

James Kaler, The Conversation
· Jan 28, 2020 · 08:30 pm
Aliens most likely exist. But if we discover them, will we even realise it?

Peter Vickers, The Conversation
· Jan 21, 2020 · 09:30 pm
The Pluto effect: The Sun and Moon were once planets, and the Earth was not

Christopher Palma, The Conversation
· Dec 18, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Opinion: Pakistan could never reach the Moon because it didn’t have its own Nehru

Pervez Hoodbhoy
· Jul 29, 2019 · 08:30 pm
An asteroid just zipped past Earth and scientists barely noticed it in time

Michael JI Brown, The Conversation
· Jul 27, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Blast from the past: Watch the oldest solar eclipse ever recorded, by a magician

Scroll Staff
· Jun 02, 2019 · 05:00 pm
Watch Katie Bouman, the scientist behind the first-ever black hole image, disclose her future plans

Scroll Staff
· Apr 12, 2019 · 11:17 am
There are missing objects at the fringe of the solar system – new study puzzles astronomers

David Rothery, The Conversation
· Mar 06, 2019 · 11:30 pm
How a cosmic event 1.3 billion years ago inspired an Indian artist’s new play

Chanpreet Khurana
· Jan 15, 2019 · 03:30 pm
One man’s long, lonely mission to convince Kolkata that the Sun revolves around the Earth

Devarsi Ghosh
· Dec 17, 2018 · 11:30 am
An astrophysicist's guide on what to expect from the Geminids meteor shower

Samantha Rolfe, The Conversation
· Dec 16, 2018 · 10:30 pm
Who should the laws of science be named after (and who should make the decision)?

Krzysztof Bolejko, The Conversation
· Sep 02, 2018 · 09:30 pm