Tag: Space

In News Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed the Rajya Sabha about the presence of India’s space debris About As per the government, India has 111 Payloads, 105 Space Debris Objects Orbiting Earth which can have an impact on the sustainability of outer space and future missions. ISRO and academia has been carrying […]

In News Recently discovered, Green Comet can be witnessed after nearly 50 thousand years and next expected to be seen after the same number of years. About What is the ‘green comet’? It approached the sun in the middle of January 2023, it is now moving away from it, along its own orbit. The orbit […]

In News Recently, the ISRO chairman confirmed the launch of India’s first mission to study the Sun by mid of 2023. Key Takeaways The primary payload Visible Line Emission Coronagraph (VELC) for Aditya-L1 was recently handed over to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA). The Aditya-L1 mission will […]

In News Recently, astronomers have used data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in Pune to detect a radio signal originating from atomic hydrogen in an extremely distant galaxy. Atomic hydrogen is the basic fuel required for star formation in a galaxy. About This is the first confirmed detection of strong lensing of 21 […]

In News The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first new exoplanet.  Researchers have labelled the planet as LHS 475 b, and it’s roughly the same size as Earth. Located just 41 light-years away, the planet orbits very close to a red dwarf star and […]

In News Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is yet to receive approval from the Indian government for the Venus mission and the mission could, as a result, be postponed to 2031. ISRO received an allocation of ?13,700 crores in the 2022-2023 budget, marginally higher than the year before. The bulk was diverted to the human […]

In News The JUICE mission will be the first time that the European Space Agency (ESA) has sent a spacecraft beyond the asteroid belt. JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) About: JUICE is the first large-class mission in the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme.  The spacecraft will launch on an Ariane 5 in April 2023 on […]

In News The Geminids meteor is going to peak on the night of December 14 and December 15.  About Geminids meteor shower,  The meteor shower is coined ‘Geminid’ because according to NASA, the meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Gemini.  The Geminids first began appearing in the mid-1800s.  The Geminids meteor shower peaks during […]

In News Scramjet engine’s hot test was conducted successfully at ISRO’s Propulsion Research Complex in Tamil Nadu About scramjet A scramjet engine is an improvement over the ramjet engine as it efficiently operates at hypersonic speeds and allows supersonic combustion.  Thus it is known as Supersonic Combustion Ramjet, or Scramjet. It allows supersonic combustion by […]