Milky Way

Dorje Angchuk recently became the first Indian to be inducted as an Honorary Member of the International Astronomical Union "for his passionate promotion of astronomy in the Ladakh region, through his excellent astrophotography". Check out his stunning pictures of the night sky.

Standing atop Mt. Saraswati in the Hanle Valley of Changthang, Ladakh, at nearly 14,800 feet above the mean sea level is the Indian Space Observatory—the third highest optical observatory in the world. And this is its story.

"What is that in Vyomaganga? It is not the moon because it is quite bright; not the sun because it is night; it is the internal fire in the water/ocean," reads a verse from an ancient text.

The development has been hailed as a significant breakthrough in space research by the scientific community.