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MOXIE- Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment
The Perseverance rover of Mars 2020 Mission of NASA recently converted carbon dioxide into oxygen. This is the first time this has been achieved in another planet. This was achieved by MOXIE, an instrument placed in the front side of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
UAE names first Female Astronaut
Noura al Matroushi has been named as the first Female Astronaut of UAE. First Female Astronaut of UAE Noura al-Matroushi was selected as the first female astronaut of UAE from four thousand other applicants. She is to be trained with ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
First Image of Black Hole Magnetic Field
For the first time, international scientists working on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have created an image showing the magnetic field around a black hole. The black hole is located in M87 galaxy. Black Hole Magnetic Field Image In 2019, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Kraken Mare in Titan is 1000 feet deep
The researchers have recently found that the largest sea in Titan (moon of Saturn) is thousand feet deep in its centre. Also, it is the size of five great lakes combined together. About Kraken Mare Kraken Mare is huge liquid ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Abell 370: NASA shares picture
NASA recently shared the picture of a huge cluster of galaxies called Abell 370. Abell 370 It is a galaxy cluster located four billion light years away from the earth. The galaxy cluster is located in the constellation called Cetus. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
What is Planet Nine?
Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet that is said to be 10 times the size of the Earth and orbits far beyond Neptune a highly eccentric orbit around the Sun. It was first proposed in 2012 to explain perturbations in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) granted ‘Milestone’ status by IEEE – Key Facts
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observatory located in Pune has been provided with the prestigious IEEE milestone status. The status was provided to honour its significant technical achievement, services, its excellence as unique product, patent and seminal papers that aim ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
China’s Change-5 Lunar Mission to bring back rock samples from the moon
China recently launched the Change-5 Lunar Mission. The mission is the first probe in four decades to bring back rock samples from the moon from its previously unexplored portions. Change-5 is the first probe to land on the far side ..