Category: Space Science
Cosmic Distance Ladder | Astronomical units (AU) | Light year | Parsecs
No human probe has travelled much beyond the Solar System, yet we are able to measure distances across billions of light-years.
Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) Telescope
Astronomers detect a circumstellar disk around a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud (satellite galaxy of the Milky Way).
XPoSat | PSLV
Context: About XPoSAT Polarimetry – a technique to measure the polarisation of light. It is a powerful tool that allows astronomers…
Near Space Region
China sets up Near-Space Command for Hypersonic Weapons Force.
Atmospheric Wave Experiment | Airglow | Atmospheric Gravity Waves
NASA set to launch Atmospheric Wave Experiment (AWE) mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
NASA successfully experimented Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC).
X-Ray Polarization in Black Hole
Indian researchers detected polarized emissions for the first time from a black hole outside the Milky Way using a technique called X-ray polarimetry.
NISAR
Context: NASA and ISRO successfully conclude crucial tests in preparation for the upcoming launch of NISAR early next year. About…
Euclid Space Mission
European astronomers released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope
Asteroid Dinkinesh | Lucy spacecraft
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on an epic 6-billion-kilometre-long journey to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
Satellite Internet
Reliance Jio successfully demonstrated India’s first satellite-based gigabit internet service.
International Space Station
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.