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You can't see or feel it, but everything around you -- including your own body -- is slowly shrinking and expanding. It's the weird, spacetime-warping effect of gravitational waves passing through our galaxy, according to a new study by a…

The grubby lanes of Musallahpur, in the north Indian city of Patna, heave with the foot traffic, banners and vending carts familiar to commercial hubs across India. Here, though, the cacophony is directed toward a single goal: helping young…

Last week, SpaceX demonstrated that its massive 120-metre-tall Starship can actually clear the launchpad — something the company and many rocket aficionados were gauging as a mark of success, including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk himself. But…

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects -- arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented survey…

By harnessing the capabilities of the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, which is part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF's NOIRLab, astronomers have obtained the sharpest image ever of the star R136a1, the most…

Tata Sons-owned Air India on Sunday sent its condolences to India's newest airline, Akasa Air, after one of its co-founders, billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, passed away at the age of 62 in Mumbai.Also Read | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala:…

NASA says that the asteroid 2022 OT1 is moving towards the Earth at a very high speed and is expected to make its closest approach to the planet on August 13. But how likely is it to strike us? Find out.…

<!-- -->World stocks have shed over $20 trillion in value since hitting record highs in JanuaryWorld stocks have lost over $20 trillion in value this year since January peaks, and the sharp slide echoes the hit to global financial…

Zelenskyy had initially been scheduled to come and co-host the event alongside his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis, but now he is due to give his address Monday afternoon via video link. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has however…

A new study shows a deep connection between some of the largest, most energetic events in the universe and much smaller, weaker ones powered by our own Sun. The results come from a long observation with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory of…