Astrosat is India’s first space telescope. The telescope can observe everything from distant galaxies to black holes. Launched September 28, 2015. The ASTROSAT, which weighs 1513 kilograms, orbits the equator at a distance of 650 km from Earth. Astrosat controls ISRO’s Mission Operations Complex (MOX) in Bangalore. The astrosatellite has five payloads (observational instruments) capable…
Everyone has heard of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is a collection of all wavelengths and frequencies of light, from radio and microwave to ultraviolet and gamma. The light we see is called the “visible” part of the spectrum. The rest of the frequencies and waves are invisible to our eyes, but can be detected with…
The Spirograph Nebula (IC418) is a bright planetary nebula about 0.3 light-years across the Milky Way galaxy about 3,600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. IC 418 is named after the spirograph, a toy that makes geometric patterns on paper. Before the Hubble Space Telescope could capture images of it with a magnitude of…
The Red Planet has captured our interest for centuries, and it has been featured extensively in science fiction books and movies. Mars has been the subject of robotic exploration since the 1960s. Since 1965, NASA has been sending missions to explore Mars and sharing images and knowledge about our curious neighbor. Mars is the second…
NASA’s Lucy prepares to launch a Trojan asteroid, a group of asteroids in front of and behind Jupiter. Lucy will be launched from Florida on October 26 on an Atlas V rocket. Lucy will fly in search of extraterrestrial life with a cover inscribed with the words of the Beatles and others. Lucy is targeting…
‘A Brief History of Time’ is the most popular science book available in the world today for the study of the universe, which has sold over one million copies. Stephen Hawking is a wheelchair-bound physicist. Although he suffered from dementia during his studies, his intelligence could not be prevented from performing miracles. But to the…
By Web TeamFirst Published Aug 30, 2021, 4:05 PM IST The world of science has seen the speed of a newly discovered asteroid. Although it is close to the Sun, scientists say it is much closer to Earth. Known as 2021 pH 27, the asteroid completes one orbit around the Sun every 113 days. It…
