Category: Space Science

Context: About XPoSAT Polarimetry – a technique to measure the polarisation of light. It is a powerful tool that allows astronomers…

China sets up Near-Space Command for Hypersonic Weapons Force.

NASA set to launch Atmospheric Wave Experiment (AWE) mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA successfully experimented Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC).

Indian researchers detected polarized emissions for the first time from a black hole outside the Milky Way using a technique called X-ray polarimetry.

Context: NASA and ISRO successfully conclude crucial tests in preparation for the upcoming launch of NISAR early next year. About…

European astronomers released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on an epic 6-billion-kilometre-long journey to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.

Reliance Jio successfully demonstrated India’s first satellite-based gigabit internet service.

Prime Minister has “directed” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to set up an indigenous space station (Bharatiya Antariksha Station) by 2035 and land an Indian on the moon by 2040.

A rare “annular” solar eclipse occurred recently when the Moon will partially cover the middle part of the Sun, making it appear like a “ring of fire.”

2nd spaceport of ISRO to be set up at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu