The observatory, opened in 1968, stands between vast swathes of forestland and habitations on Tiruvannamalai-Tirupattur border. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi named it after astronomer Vainu Bappu in ...

Finding patterns and reducing noise in large, complex datasets generated by the gravitational wave-detecting LIGO facility ...

2025 brings a range of astronomical events, from celestial alignments to new observatory projects.

Wilson solar observatory in California ... for the preservation of the observatory — all of the scientific equipment at the observatory would stay there, under the company's stewardship.

International Solar Conference Marks 125 Years of Solar Physics Research in India - More than 200 solar physicists from India and abroad have come together in Bengaluru this week to ...

The ongoing International Solar Conference celebrates the birth and growth of solar astronomy and physics in India, said the ...

More than 200 solar physicists from India and abroad have come together in Bengaluru this week to discuss research in areas ...

The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO), established in 1899, has made significant contributions to understanding solar ...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has inaugurated a research centre at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) to digitise archived data from over 180-yr-old Colaba geomagnetic ...

Now, using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere (corona) that seem to signal when the sun is about to unleash a large flare.