Space

A collaboration between two leading research and educational institutes in Thiruvananthapuram has shed light on India’s “space economy,” the parameters of which have remained mostly ambiguous even as the country’s space programme has grown by leaps and bounds. Researchers from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology …

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Observations of a doughnut-shaped cloud of cosmic dust and gas shrouding a massive black hole at the centre of a galaxy equal in size to our Milky Way have given scientists fresh insight into the universe’s most powerful objects. On Wednesday, scientists claimed their observations of the supermassive black hole at the centre of galaxy …

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre’s first launch pad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, carrying ISRO’s earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two additional satellites. According to the ISRO, “PSLV-C52 is planned to orbit an earth observation satellite (EOS-04) weighing 1710 kg into …

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NASA launched its new Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)—the agency’s first-ever laser communications system—from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on December 7 at 3.50 p.m. IST. The LCRD will assist the agency in conducting space-based optical communication tests. Currently, the majority of NASA spacecraft relay data using radio frequency communications. Optical communications will …

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A team of astronomers from the Pune-based National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) used the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) to discover eight stars belonging to a rare category known as “Main-sequence Radio Pulse” emitters, or MRPs, which will aid in the understanding of “exotic” radio stars and stellar magnetospheres. Because of the wide …

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NASA successfully launched the DART spacecraft, the world’s first planetary defence system, from the Vandenberg US Space Force Base on Tuesday at 10:21 p.m. Pacific time (11:51 a.m. IST Wednesday). It was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX. The spacecraft split from the Falcon 9 second stage around 55 minutes into the voyage, …

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New computer models suggest that the first (and only) black hole ever seen from Earth sends out huge jets of plasma that move at almost the speed of light. The galaxy Messier 87, or M87, is 55 million light-years from Earth in the Virgo constellation, and it contains a black hole 6.5 billion times the …

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Indian astronomers have discovered a new way to study the atmospheres of extra solar planets. They demonstrated that planets orbiting stars other than the Sun can be researched by researching polarisation fingerprints and detecting light polarisation. Existing technologies can detect these polarisation signals or fluctuations in light scattering strength, allowing for the research of planets …

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TW Pictoris is a cataclysmic variable system in the constellation Pictor that is roughly 1,400 light-years away. It’s made up of a white dwarf that gets its energy from an accretion ring around it, which is fueled by hydrogen and helium from its smaller partner star. The white dwarf becomes brighter as it grows. Using …

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