Tag: Space

In News Recently, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Artemis I rolled out from Kennedy Space Centre. Image Courtesy: NASA  Artemis Mission Aim: To land humans on the moon by 2024, and it also plans to land the first woman and first person of colour on the moon. To contribute to scientific discovery and economic […]

In News  Recently, the scientists from India and the UK have deciphered the physics behind the solar plasma jets through computer simulations and lab experiments.  Major Findings  The study led by researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru performed laboratory experiments  The scientists observed how paint placed over bass audio speakers ejected as […]

In Context Astronomical observations suggest a significant part of the universe is made up of dark matter which interacts with the rest of the universe only through the gravitational pull. What is Dark Matter? Dark matter, though never detected, is believed to be present in the entire universe. Its existence is presumed because a number […]

In News Recently, for the first time, astronomers of the National Centre of Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune and the University of California in the U.S. have used the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to map the distribution of atomic hydrogen gas from the host galaxy of a fast radio burst (FRB). Fast Radio Burst […]

In News Recently, ISRO launched the EOS-04, an earth observation satellite, that is supposed to be the beginning of this year for the Indian space agency. What is EOS-04? The 1,710-kg EOS-04, which will be placed in a sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km, is a radar-imaging satellite which would have made it a […]

In News Recently, NASA announced that the International Space Station (ISS) will cease operations in 2031, after which it will fall out of orbit and plunge into the waters of the South Pacific Ocean. About It will descent into the “South Pacific Oceanic Uninhabited Area (SPOUA),” in an area known as Point Nemo. Point Nemo […]

In News India plans to execute the Chandrayaan-3 mission in August 2022. Progress was hampered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. About The last major satellite launches by the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) were the Earth Observation Satellite-3 in August 2021 and the Amazonia satellite in February 2021. The ISRO has planned 19 missions until […]