Press Releases
अलकनंदा: JWST ने विश्वाच्या बालपणातील प्रचंड भव्य-रचना असलेली सर्पिल दीर्घिका शोधली - ०२ डिसेंबर २०२५
नासाच्या जेम्स वेब टेलिस्कोप (JWST) चा वापर करून भारतीय खगोलशास्त्रज्ञांनी आतापर्यंत निरीक्षण केलेल्या सर्वात दूरच्या सर्पिल दीर्घिकांपैकी एक नवीन दीर्घिका शोधली आहे
अलकनंदा: JWST ने ब्रह्माण्ड के शैशवकाल से विशाल सर्पिलाकर(spiral) गैलेक्सी की खोज की - ०२ दिसंबर २०२५
भारतीय खगोलविदों ने नासा के जेम्स वेब स्पेस टेलीस्कोप का उपयोग करके अब तक देखी गई सबसे दूरस्थ सर्पिलाकर (स्पाइरल) आकाशगंगाओं में एक दुर्र्लभ, अत्यधिक द्रव्यमान एवं स्पष्ट सर्पि र्पिलाकार संरचना वाली आकाशगंगा की खोज की है;
Alaknanda: JWST Discovers Massive Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy from the Universe’s Infancy - 02 December 2025
Indian astronomers using NASA’s JamesWebb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered one of the most distant spiral galaxies ever observed—a massive, beautifully structured cosmic pinwheel that existed when the Universe was only 1.5 billion years old.
Back from the Dead: Restarted Black Hole Activity Discovered in a Giant Radio Galaxy (J1007+3540) Under Extreme Cosmic Pressure
A team of astronomers, led by Dr. Sabyasachi Pal and PhD student Shobha Kumari from India, has discovered a rare "giant" radio galaxy named J1007+3540. Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes including India’s uGMRT, they have captured a rare moment in cosmic history: a monster black hole "waking up" after being silent for 100 million years. This galaxy is very gigantic, spanning over 3 million light-years. To put that in perspective, it is 50 times wider than our own Milky Way.
विनाशाच्या उंबरठ्यावरून पुनरागमन: भीषण वैश्विक दबावाखालील महाकाय आकाशगंगेत (J1007+3540) कृष्णविवराची पुनर्जागृती
पुणे/मनिपाल: एका आंतरराष्ट्रीय संशोधक पथकाने J1007+3540 या 'महाकाय' (Giant) रेडिओ आकाशगंगेचा शोध लावला आहे. या संशोधनात सुमारे १० कोटी वर्षांच्या प्रदीर्घ शांततेनंतर या आकाशगंगेच्या केंद्रातील महाकाय कृष्णविवर (Black Hole) पुन्हा सक्रिय झाल्याचे दुर्मिळ पुरावे मिळाले आहेत. डॉ. सब्यसाची पाल आणि संशोधक शोभा कुमारी यांच्या नेतृत्वाखालील या पथकाने भारताच्या uGMRT (Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope) सह जगातील काही अत्यंत शक्तिशाली दुर्बिणींच्या साहाय्याने हा ऐतिहासिक क्षण टिपला आहे. ही आकाशगंगा साधारण ३० लाख प्रकाशवर्षांच्या क्षेत्रात विस्तारलेली असून, ती आपल्या 'मंदाकिनी' (Milky Way) आकाशगंगेपेक्षा ५० पटीने विस्तीर्ण आहे.
GMRT Science Exhibition 2026 on the occasion of National Science Day at GMRT Khodad. 25-02-2026
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) is the world’s largest Radio telescope in its kind. The telescope was set up by National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune under Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. GMRT is located at Khodad, near Narayangaon (80 kms. North of Pune, on Pune-Nasik highway). GMRT also plays a major role in science popularization in rural area.
जीएमआरटी खोडद येथे विज्ञान दिना निमित्त भव्य विज्ञान प्रदर्शन - २५-०२-२०२६
राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान दिनानिमित्त गेले २४ वषाांपासून जीएमआरटी खोडद येथे विज्ञान प्रदर्शन आयोजित केले जाते. या प्रदर्शनात अनेक नामवंत संस्था, शाळा व अभियांत्रिकी विद्यालये सहभागी होत असतात.
RAD@home Citizen scientists discover a monster blackhole spewing fire at another galaxy
A team of scientists, led by Ananda Hota have discovered an extremely rare case of a monster black hole spewing a fiery jet at another galaxy, using GMRT and several other international telescopes. Such radio jets are almost every time two-sided, but in this case, the jet appears one- sided, which is puzzling. It is widely believed that winds and jets are also responsible for suppressing the formation of new stars in galaxies. This new discovery (RAD12) by the RAD@home Citizen Science Research Collaboratory ( #RADatHomeIndia ) will be an opportunity in understanding this process of suppression of star formation and a demonstration of direct public participation in research.
RAD@home या सिटीझन शास्त्राद्यांद्वारे विलक्षण कृष्णविवर असणाऱ्या दीर्घिकेच्या शोध
आनंद होता यांच्या नेतृत्वाखालील एका समुहाने जीएमआरटी सह अनेक आंतरराष्ट्रीय दुर्बिणीचा वापर करुन एक दुर्मीळ खगोलशात्रीय घटनेचा शोध लावला आहे.
Indian Pulsar Timing Array charts interstellar weather to capture black hole symphony
The Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) announced its first official Data Release or the InPTA DR1, published recently by the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (Tarafdar et al. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2022.46).
Record-breaking detection of radio signal from atomic hydrogen in extremely distant galaxy using GMRT - 16/01/2023
Astronomers from McGill University in Canada and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru have used data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in Pune to detect a radio signal originating from atomic hydrogen in an extremely distant galaxy. The astronomical distance over which such a signal has been picked up is the largest so far by a large margin. This is also the first confirmed detection of strong lensing of 21 cm emission from a galaxy.
New uGMRT Images Reveal Complexity of Galaxy Cluster Abell 2256 and new insights on Merging Event - 22/01/2023
Researchers have used the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) in India to produce the most detailed image yet of the galaxy cluster Abell 2256. The new uGMRT images reveal that radio emission is more extended at low frequencies and previously undetected regions where plasma processes such as turbulence and shocks accelerate particles, causing radio emission.
A Decade long timing study of a millisecond Pulsar using the GMRT - 03/02/2023
A group of scientists at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune conducted a decade long term timing study of a galactic millisecond pulsar (MSP) J1544+4937 with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in India and Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in the United States. Sangita Kumari, a PhD student at NCRA under the guidance of Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharyya carried out this longest-duration timing study of a galactic field MSP with the GMRT using the observations at multiple frequencies.
जी एम आर टी द्वारे मिलिसेकंद स्पंदकाचा दशकभरातील अभ्यास - ०३/०२/२०२३
नॅशनल सेंटर फॉर रेडिओ अॅस्ट्रोफफजिक्स (NCRA), पुणे येथील शाश्त्रज्ञांच्या गटाने देशातील खोडदस्तिथ मीटर तरंगलांबीची महाकाय रेडिओ दुबीण (जीएमआरटी) आणि ग्रीन बँक टेलीस्ट्कोप (GBT) युनायटेड स्टेट्स मिलिसेकंद स्पंदकाचा (MSP) J1544+4937 चा दशकभर दीर्घकालीन अभ्यास केला.
Astronomers Discover Elusive Dying Radio Galaxies using Deep Radio Surveys - 25/02/2023
A team of astronomers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, the National Centre of Radio Astrophysics-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and the University of Oxford has discovered several elusive dying radio galaxies using some of the world's most powerful radio telescopes, including the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) located in Khodad, Pune.