NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accomplished a world-first by performing a deep-space stellar navigation test using stellar parallax. On April 23, 2020, while 438 million miles from Earth, it imaged nearby stars Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359. From the spacecraft’s distant viewpoint, the stars appeared slightly shifted compared to Earth-based observations, showcasin...
Researchers at MIT and the University of Wisconsin have developed AI-designed underwater gliders inspired by marine animals. The new shapes, generated using machine learning, move more efficiently underwater than traditional torpedo designs. This innovation could greatly improve climate and ocean monitoring by enabling better performance, energy savings, and adaptive ...
Varghese is a Tovino Thomas starrer political drama that follows a police officer named Varghese, whose transfer to a remote village exposes the political tensions and faults in the system. His position will be put to the test. Will he succeed? Streaming soon on Sony LIV.
Z5’s Kaalidhar Laapata is an emotional Hindi-language road movie about rediscovery, dignity, and friendship. With Abhishek Bachchan in one of his most moving roles, the film explores what it means to live and be remembered. As a remake of Karuppu Durai, the story gracefully transitions cultures while maintaining the heart of its message.
Sri Sri Sri RajaVaru is a Narne Nithiin starrer whose plot revolves around Raja, a chain smoker. As his addiction towards smoking increases, his relationships and personal life start falling apart. Will he be able to stop himself, or will this smoke impact his life? Streaming now.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled ESO 591-12, a long-overlooked globular cluster glittering with multicolored stars. Captured during a survey of missing clusters, this image provides new insight into stellar evolution and the early Milky Way. It marks a vital step in resolving the structure and origin of ancient star systems hidden within our galaxy.
Massive stars may lose much more mass than expected before collapsing into black holes. A new study reveals that their powerful stellar winds strip outer layers early, reshaping theories of star evolution, black hole formation, and gravitational wave events. This research challenges previous models and helps explain observed features of stars like R136a1 in the […]
Astronomers have captured the first-ever image of a white dwarf star undergoing a rare double-detonation supernova. Using the Very Large Telescope, the team revealed that such explosions can occur without a star reaching the Chandrasekhar limit. The findings, published in Nature Astronomy, could reshape existing theories about stellar death and improve our understandi...
MethaneSAT, a climate-monitoring satellite backed by Google and the Bezos Earth Fund, has failed after just one year in orbit. Launched in March 2024 to track methane leaks, the $88 million satellite lost power in June 2025. Though unrecoverable, mission operators will continue analyzing the collected data to support climate action and emission transparency efforts.
Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS as the third confirmed interstellar comet, racing through the solar system at 68 km/s. Discovered on July 1, it will pass near the sun in October. Skywatchers can view this rare object live online tonight, thanks to a live stream by the Virtual Telescope Project using observatories in Italy.