Posted in Science & Technology 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.

Lagrange points
Posted in Space Science Science & Technology

Lagrange points

Aditya-L1 is headed to one of the Lagrange points.

Posted in Science & Technology Space Science

CALIPSO Science Mission

CALIPSO satellite which monitors climate, weather and air quality using LIDAR has ended its science mission after 17 years.

Posted in Science & Technology Space Science

OSIRIS-Rex

NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying first asteroid samples landed on Earth into the Utah desert.

Black hole
Posted in Space Science

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
Posted in Space Science

Outer Space Treaty

Chandrayaan-3’s landing is motivating Indians to buy land on the Moon

Posted in Science & Technology Space Science

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.

Posted in Science & Technology Space Science

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
Posted in Space Science

Coronal Mass Ejection and Space Weather

Aditya L1 will function as a space weather station. 

Big Bang
Posted in Space Science

Big Bang | Hubble’s Law | Gravitational Waves | LIGO

Scientists from ICTS Bangalore have proposed a new way to measure the Hubble constant

Posted in Geography Geography Phenomenon Science & Technology Space Science

Moon’s South Pole

Chandrayaan-3 has created history by landing near the little-explored south pole of the Moon.

International Lunar Research Station
Posted in Space Science

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.