EHe stars are an exceptionally rare class of evolved stars that contain almost no hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, and are composed almost entirely of helium.

On a significant visit to Ladakh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday inspected the upcoming site for the prestigious National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) project and also paid ...

The half-day discussion spanned several topics, including Belgian collaboration with the Indian space industry, the development of optical instrumentation, addressing the space debris issue, the ...

Two galaxies near each other and captured by the Himalayan Chandra Telescope could in fact be one galaxy, according to the team, which have been lensed by a cosmic string.

The Chandra X-ray telescope, seen here in an artist’s rendition, remains in good health after 25 years of operations. Credit: NASA/James Vaughan ...

In what has become a long-running saga, Chandra's neck remains on the chopping block. Together, the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory make up 10% of NASA's astrophysics budget.

Hanle is India's gateway to the Universe, and the Himalayan Chandra Telescope has been operating here for nearly 25 years revealing several secrets of the universe, said Annapurni Subramaniam ...

At the heart of this facility are the Himalayan Chandra Telescope and the GROWTH-India Telescope (GIT), both of which are operated remotely in robotic mode, utilizing satellite links from ISRO’s ...

Nasa recently celebrated the milestones achieved this year in X-ray astronomy, by looking back at some of the historic telescopes that helped them explore the "high energy universe". (Photo: Nasa JPL) ...

Columnist and Space Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope After 25 years in orbit, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is under threat. We need to protect this monument to human ingenuity ...

On the 25th anniversary of Chandra’s launch, 25 new images of nebulae, supernovas and galaxy clusters, produced by the telescope, were published. (Chandra X-ray Observatory Center/NASA) ...