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Back to Search[Urdu/Hindi] We are losing stars in the night sky!
This video on the challenge of increasing light pollution is a part of collaboration between International Astronomical Union's Office for Astronomy …
2 years, 8 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] A Runaway Black Hole!
We know that black holes are some of the strangest objects in the universe! We now have an example of a supermassive black hole that was ejected from…
2 years, 8 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] The Origins of Life - Part 2
In part 1, we looked at the question of life's origins and if the raw materials for life are easily available in the universe. In the second part, we…
2 years, 8 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] The Origins of Life - Part 1
How did life begin on Earth? We do not have a definite answer yet. But what do we know about it and how can we approach this question? In the first p…
2 years, 9 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Are these galaxies too big to exist early in the universe?
There are claims that these galaxies should not exit in the early universe. And yet here they are, detected by the James Webb Space Telescope. The li…
2 years, 10 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Mirza Ghalib, Caesar, and Comets
There is a green comet currently in our night skies. Today we seek out comets with our binoculars and telescopes. But even a few hundred years ago, h…
2 years, 10 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Chinese Space Program
We often hear about NASA missions to the Moon and Mars. But China has been making some spectacular progress in the arena of space and astronomy. It n…
2 years, 10 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Super-Earths Mostly Made Up of Water
Astronomers have detected over 5000 exoplanets so far. Some of these are slightly bigger than Earth and are called Super-Earths. Now we have discover…
2 years, 10 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Stars Without Galaxies!
Our Sun is part of the Milky Way galaxy. But can there be stars without a galaxy? And if so, how do they get out of the galaxy? Over the past couple …
2 years, 10 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Neutrinos from a galaxy 47 million light years away!
We usually use light to learn about the universe. However, there is an exciting new field of neutrino astronomy that uses a small particle to get inf…
2 years, 10 months ago