Merger of black holes
Posted on22 May 2020
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Source: The Hindu Manifest pedagogy: Black holes remain the mysterious forces in the universe. With the advancement in space science, man is able... Read More
2BR1
Posted on22 May 2020
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Context: ISRO successfully injected into orbit the country’s remote imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 along with nine other foreign commercial satellites RISAT-2BR1... Read More
Hera Mission
Posted on26 Apr 2020
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Context: NASA and ESA want to hit an asteroid called ‘Didymos’ Hera Mission is the asteroid deflection mission of European Space Agency... Read More
Very Large Telescope
Posted on25 Apr 2020
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Context: Using the European Space Organisation’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have noticed the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant... Read More
TOI 700 d
Posted on25 Apr 2020
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Context: NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite( TESS) has discovered roughly Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of its host star For the... Read More
50th PSLV and Basics of PSLV
Posted on25 Apr 2020
Context: PSLV-C48 was the 50th mission of PSLV PSLV-C48 was carrying the RISAT-2BR1 (primary satellite), a radar-imaging earth observation satellite. The satellite... Read More
Solar Orbiter mission
Posted on24 Apr 2020
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Context: Solar Orbiter, a new collaborative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA to study the Sun was launched recently Solar... Read More
CubeSat
Posted on24 Apr 2020
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Context: NASA Announces Next Round of Candidates for CubeSat Space Missions CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. CubeSats are... Read More
GISAT-1 mission
Posted on24 Apr 2020
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Context: ISRO is planning to launch Geo Imaging Satellite (GISAT-1) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) will launch Geo Imaging Satellite (GISAT-1) Weighing... Read More
1st Peek at Sun’s Poles
Posted on24 Apr 2020
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Context: NASA, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), is launching a new spacecraft ‘Solar Orbiter’ to snap the first pictures... Read More