The Hanle village encompasses an area of 1,073 square kilometres and is situated within the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary. The reserve has the world’s second-highest optical telescope.
The powerful next generation James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system -- and unlike anything in it -- to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere.
On wet roads during monsoon, they ride two-wheelers at breakneck speed, risking their lives to ensure that the food is supplied hot. Women have recently joined this work force.
A team of scientists in the US Department of Energy (DOE) and NASA are developing a novel radio telescope that will be landed on the far side of the Moon and help probe an unexplored era of the early universe.
Hubble has been operating since 1990, about 540 kms above Earth in an orbit that is slowly decaying over time.
The telescope, which comes with a Crayford focuser, and 1650 mm focal length, also boasts of a 355 mm optical diameter mirror which is the second largest among the IITs, after Kanpur.
Using radio telescopes in Australia and the US, an international team of scientists has discovered that the biggest galaxies in…
