To measure this galaxy, whose discovery was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, the researchers used the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma) in Spain.

To mark the two-year anniversary of New Horizons' historic Pluto flyby, NASA has released new maps of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, revealing their complex terrain.

Scientists have identified an eight-legged micro-animal -- Tardigrade -- touted as the world's most indestructible species, one that can survive until the Sun dies.

According to climate change projections, the annual maximum temperatures at airports worldwide could increase by four to eight degrees Celsius by 2080.

Indian astronomers have discovered a supercluster of galaxies - as big as 20 million billion suns - which they have named it as 'Saraswati'.

The spacecraft passed about 9,000 km above the clouds of this iconic feature. Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably the best-known feature of Jupiter. Data collection of the Great Red Spot is part of Juno's sixth science flyby.

Indian American researcher Viral Patel has invented an ultrasonic dryer that dries clothes two times faster and five times more efficiently without using heat technology.

The research claims that the soil on Mars may be toxic to bacteria which means that if any microorganisms would ever have existed on Mars, by now, they would have died.

The galaxy in question is so far away that we see it as it appeared 11 billion years ago, only 2.7 billion years after the big bang. It is one of more than 70 strongly lensed galaxies studied by the Hubble space telescope

Researchers have developed a computer code that could help robots understand body poses and movements, allowing them to perceive what people around them are doing, what moods they are in and whether they can be interrupted.