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Radio burst spotted by NASA for the first time in Milky Way
NASA recently reported that it observed a mix of radio signals and X-ray in Milky Way in April 2020. This has never been observed earlier in the galaxy. NASA has also reported the spotting of Fast Radio Bursts. This was ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Asteroid 16 Psyche
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA has found that 16 Psyche asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter is made of rare metals such as gold, cobalt, platinum, rhenium and iridium. The total worth of the precious metals in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
NASA-ISRO to launch NISAR satellite in 2022
India and US recently held the two plus two dialogue. During the meet the country’s decided to share space situational awareness information. This will catalyse efforts in creating safe and sustainable space environment A joint statement issued after the dialogue ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
NASA takes Chandrayaan’s Water Discovery to a step higher
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA has found the presence of water on the sun lit surface of the Moon. The presence of water was found by the spacecraft SOFIA. Earlier, ISRO Chandrayaan 1 confirmed the presence of water ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe to collect samples from Asteroid Bennu
The United States-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched OSIRIS-REx to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The mission aimed to study Asteroid Bennu and return at least 60 grams of the sample. Highlights After two years of circling, the satellite ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
NASA launches SS Kalpana Chawla Cargo Spacecraft
On October 2, 2020, NASA launched a commercial spacecraft named after Indian Origin deceased NASA Astronaut “Kalpana Chawla”. The spacecraft carried 4 tonnes of cargo including refined radishes for the International Space Station. Highlights The spacecraft was built by a ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
India’s ASTROSAT completes five successful years of mapping stars
The ASTROSAT was the first multi-wavelength satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It was launched on September 28, 2015. It has now completed five years of successful imaging of celestial objects. Highlights The ASTROSAT explored stars, star clusters ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
What is a ‘Halo’ that was detected by NASA’s Hubble Telescope?
Recently NASA’s Hubble Telescope for the first time ever signalled the presence of a giant halo of gas found surrounding the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbour – the Andromeda galaxy. Halo is nothing but a huge scattering of gas which ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
ASTROSAT detected UV light from a galaxy, 9.3 billion light-years away
Pune based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics confirmed that the AstroSat satellite has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) ray from a galaxy that is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth. What is ASTROSAT? Astrosat is the first multi-wavelength space ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
NASA satellite finds 66 new exoplanets
The NASA’s planet-hunter TESS has found 66 exoplanets or worlds beyond our solar system, as well as nearly 2100 candidates as such candidates on which the astronomers are working to confirm if they have the chances to be called as ..