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EnVision Mission

In News Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected EnVision as its next orbiter that will visit Venus .  Earlier, NASA selected two missions to the planet Venus. The missions called DAVINCI+ and VERITAS have been selected based on their potential for scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans. About the Mission  […]

PASIPHAE Project

In Context  PASIPHAE Project is set to take place at the Skinakas Observatory, Crete, and the South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, South Africa About PASIPHAE Project  Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarisation High-Accuracy Experiment (PASIPHAE) is an international collaborative sky surveying project to study the polarisation in the light coming from millions of stars. The name […]

CHIME Project

In News Recently, Scientists have assembled the largest collection of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the telescope’s first FRB catalogue. About Researchers at the Pune-based Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) with collaboration of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Collaboration have achieved this milestone. A […]

Missions to Venus

In News Recently, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced plans to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030. This would be the first US-led mission to Venus’ atmosphere since 1978. Objectives and Need The missions aim to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Venus and to understand […]

Water Animals to be part of ISS Cargo

In News NASA is preparing to send around 5,000 tardigrades, also called “water bears” and 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squid into the International Space Station for research purposes. About The water animals will be launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS. They are part of experiments that could help scientists design improved protective […]

Zebrafish Study on Hibernation

In News According to recent research by Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom, zebrafish’s hibernating habits may prove helpful for humans in Mars missions. Zebrafish Scientific Name: Danio rerio It is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes. Habitat/Range: Native to rivers and streams of South Asia. […]

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx: NASA

In News OSIRIS-REx spacecraft starts its two-year-long journey back to Earth. About OSIRIS-REx It is the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu (formerly 1999 RQ36) and return it to Earth for study. Scientists will use the asteroid samples to study the formation of the solar system and of […]

China Rocket Debris Falls In Indian Ocean

In News Debris from the last stage of China’s Long March rocket fell into the waters of the Indian Ocean west of the Maldives.  Background The Long March-5B Y2 rocket was carrying the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, module, which is the first of three key components for the construction of China’s space station. China’s space […]

Study On Venus

In News  Recently, the study measured the tilt of the Venusian axis and size of the planet’s core. Major Findings of the Study The scientists are able to calculate the precise tilt of Venus’ spin (2.6392 degrees, much smaller than Earth’s 23-degree tilt) by analyzing precious observations. The analyses also estimate the size of Venus’ […]

Positron

In News  Researchers from the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, have resolved the mystery of the antimatter counterpart of the electrons called Positron and Positron Excess Phenomenon. About Positron  It is a positively charged subatomic particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of a negative electron.  […]