ISRO Successfully Deploys the SpaDeX Mission spacecrafts
Illustration of ISRO's SpaDeX Mission spacecrafts. Image credit: NASA

ISRO Successfully Deploys the SpaDeX Mission spacecrafts

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the SpaDeX mission on Monday at 10 pm IST from ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, after a 2-minute…

Top 11 Universities to Study Astronomy and Astrophysics
Oxford University. Image credit: Sergey Guk via Pexels

Top 11 Universities to Study Astronomy and Astrophysics

We Astrophiles belong to the small percentage of humans who are aware of the universe and want to explore its mysteries and understand how everything works. Questioning our existence, seeing…

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight in India: Know everything!
Radiant point of Geminid meteor shower located in the constellation Gemini. Image credit: Screengrab from Stellarium App

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight in India: Know everything!

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight at 10 pm and will be active till midnight on 14 December. The meteor shower will be active from 10 pm on 13 December…

Firefly Sparkle Galaxy weighs nearly the same as the Young Milky Way!
Firefly sparkle galaxy with it's two companion galaxies. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, C. Willott (NRC-Canada), L. Mowla (Wellesley College), K. Iyer (Columbia)

Firefly Sparkle Galaxy weighs nearly the same as the Young Milky Way!

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered a galaxy that existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang and weighs nearly as much as our Milky Way Galaxy.…