Category: sun

Chandrayaan 3 Stack Completed Tests.

May 29, 2023

Lander on top of Propulsion Module and Rover inside Lander. It is planned to be placed on top of the upper stage of the LMV3 rocket and launched in the second half of 2023. The Propulsion Module and Lander will be in this configuration from Trans Lunar Injection until reaching the 100 Km Circular Orbit…

Why do Hens only lay eggs during the day?

May 1, 2023

The hen, which is raised by humans worldwide for eggs and meat, is a species of bird in the subfamily Phasianina of the Phasianidae family. The domestic fowls seen today are the descendants of domesticated red fowls. Chickens lay eggs up to 300 days a year compared to other birds. Chickens only lay eggs during…

China’s ‘artificial sun’ burns for 7 minutes

April 24, 2023

China’s ‘artificial sun’ has reportedly broken all records as it managed to generate extremely hot plasma for seven minutes on the night of April 12. The artificial sun project is based on nuclear fusion An artificial sun called the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei has been able to generate…

Today is February 18.

February 18, 2023

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February 18, 1930. Until 2006, Pluto was in planetary status… The name Pluto was suggested by 12-year-old Venetia Burney from Oxford, England.

Perihelion Sun 2023

January 20, 2023

Perihelion is the closest point in orbit to the Sun Earth’s closest approach to the Sun this year was January 4, 16:17 (UTC). On this day, the image captured from Sydney using a telescope and H-alpha filter has been posted.

Aldebaran

December 5, 2022

Aldebaran (Tau, Tauri, Alpha Tauri) is a bright orange giant star located 65 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. With an average apparent magnitude of 0.87, it is the brightest star in the constellation and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The name Aldebaran is Arabic (Julai al-Dabaran) and literally translates as…

The black hole, which does not swallow stars, was discovered 1560 light-years from Earth

November 22, 2022

Closest black hole to Earth discovered. The black hole, named Gaia BH1, is located 1560 light-years from Earth. This black hole exists by partnering with a star. The distance between this star and the black hole is similar to the distance between Earth and the Sun. Scientists also found that this star has 10 times…

Aurora phenomenon

November 20, 2022

Aurora is mainly seen in colors like green, red, blue and pink in South Pole. Their color appears as particles coming from the sun collide with various gas particles in the Earth’s atmosphere.

The smiling sun

November 2, 2022

Today, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the Sun “smiling.” Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space.