Category: Space Science
BlueWalker 3
Observations of the BlueWalker 3 prototype satellite show it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshining all but the brightest stars.
CALIPSO Science Mission
CALIPSO satellite which monitors climate, weather and air quality using LIDAR has ended its science mission after 17 years.
OSIRIS-Rex
NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying first asteroid samples landed on Earth into the Utah desert.
Black hole
A supermassive black hole at the center of a relatively nearby galaxy is taking bites out of a star similar in size and composition to the sun.
Outer Space Treaty
Chandrayaan-3’s landing is motivating Indians to buy land on the Moon
Plasma and States of Matter
Japan launches rocket with lunar lander and X-ray telescope to explore origins of the universe.
The mission is significant for delivering insight into the properties of hot plasma, the superheated matter that makes up much of the universe.
Erg Chech 002 | Achondrites | Aluminium-26
In a new research published in Nature Communications, the age of meteorite Erg Chech 002 was calculated to be some 4.56556 billion years old. This is one of the most precise ages ever calculated for an object from space
Coronal Mass Ejection and Space Weather
Aditya L1 will function as a space weather station.
Big Bang | Hubble’s Law | Gravitational Waves | LIGO
Scientists from ICTS Bangalore have proposed a new way to measure the Hubble constant
Moon’s South Pole
Chandrayaan-3 has created history by landing near the little-explored south pole of the Moon.
International Lunar Research Station (ILRS)
Failure of Russia’s Luna-25 has brought in the discussion about International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) which is a collaborative project of Russia and China.