Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the most distant and ancient galaxy thought to be more than 13 billion years old.
The ageing Hubble space telescope has detected light from the dim object, which researchers think was formed when the universe was just 480 million years old. This was when galaxy formation in the early universe was going into “overdrive”, said a Nasa team involved in the discovery.

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London poet Jo Shapcott’s poetry collection, Of Mutability, which deals with her experience of breast cancer, has won the Costa Book of the Year.

Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is in London, on Tuesday morning criticised the Bharatiya Janta Party’s bid to unfurl the Indian flag in Srinagar, accusing the Opposition party of “irresponsible behaviour” that aims to push the Kashmiris back on path of violence.

The earth could soon have a second sun when one of the brightest stars in the night sky explodes into a supernova.
The cosmic phenomenon, which may occur as soon as this year and remain for at least a week or two, is expected to be the most stunning light show in the planet’s history.

An antique electric lamp has been sold at an auction here for a whopping £445,pounds after it was found to be a 2,000-year-old Roman relic. The 19-inch-high ornament fetched £445,250 when the contents of late school teacher John Barratt’s home were sold, Daily Mail reported on Friday.

The brother of actress Afshan Azad, who starred in Harry Potter, was on Friday jailed for six months for a “prolonged and nasty” attack in which she was beaten and branded a “slag” for dating a Hindu

BINDESHWAR PATH-AK, the award-winning founder of the Sulabh movement, has been invited by students of the university to address the Cambridge Union Society on Friday.

Ladies, please note — if you want to become successful at work, please shun the aggressive attitude, for a new study says that femininity is the best way for a woman to succeed in a man’s world.

It’s now official: Life on earth began on space, says a new study on meteorite strengthening evidence that biological raw ingredients were carried to the planet in lumps of asteroid rocks.