Universe's most luminous galaxy is ripping itself apart

The most luminous galaxy in the universe -- a so-called obscured quasar 12.4 billion light-years away -- is so violently turbulent that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming......

Message in a bottle: How one golden disk carries human history into the cosmos

This week marks the 4th anniversary of the Voyager 1 spacecraft crossing over from our solar system into interstellar space. Prathmesh Kher/Rediff.com recalls how a planetary mission became......

Giant new galaxy revealed on the edge of the universe

ALMA image of the gravitationally lensed galaxy SDP.81. The bright orange central region of the ring (ALMA's highest resolution observation ever) reveals the glowing dust in this distant galaxy.......

Earth-like planet found in Alpha Centauri system

Astronomers have discovered a new intriguing exoplanet about the mass of the earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri star system -- the nearest to our planet. It is also the lightest exoplanet......

HDFC Mutual Fund's market debut = windfall for key employees

HDFC MF has had a history of stock options and gave additional ESOPs to key staff a few months ago Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The debut on the bourses of HDFC Mutual Fund, the......

Kale Consultants unveils ESOS

Kale Consultants Ltd granted 7,50,000 options under an employees' stock option scheme.BSE code:...

TVS Electronics okays ESOS

TVS Electronics Ltd approved the issue of 2,11,000 options conferring a right to acquire equity shares of Rs 10 under employee stock option scheme and employee stock purchase scheme at Rs 70 per......

HDFC unveils ESOS

Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd allotted 1,32,222 equity shares of Rs 10 each under the employees stock option scheme.BSE Code:...

'I'll never forget the year my dream came true': Messi pens emotional New Year tribute

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Lionel Messi/Instagram Argentina skipper Lionel Messi signed off for 2022 by hailing the year when he won the World Cup as one he ‘will never be able to......