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Bengaluru: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said that Aditya-L1 took a selfie and clicked images of the Earth and the Moon. The space agency also shared images and a selfie that Aditya-L1 had clicked. In a post on…
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An Earth-like Planet Nine may be hiding in our solar system, behind Neptune, Japanese astronomers have found. The study, published in the Astronomical Journal, comes amidst ongoing debate on the existence of a so-called ‘Planet Nine’,…
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Paris: A team of astronomers used the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft to discover two new black holes that are closer to Earth than any other black hole known yet. The black holes, Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2, are respectively…
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Bhubaneswar/Puri: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday appealed everyone to switch off lights for one hour and observe Earth Hour. The CM appealed to all the people through a tweet on his personal twitter handle to observe…
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On May 7, 2022, the world might witness minor radio blackouts. The same may be due to a weak solar storm which is likely to pass through Earth, as reported by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to reports,…
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New Delhi: After spending about 17 days in space, American private space habitat company Axiom Space's first-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Monday. The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour…
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New York: In a distant star system -- a mere 1,300 light years away from the Earth -- US astronomers may have identified the first known planet to orbit three stars, a finding that has implications for bolstering understanding of planet…
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Washington: Thousands of netizens have in the past week signed a petition to bar Amazon founder Jeff Bezos from re-entering Earth after his space company Blue Origin's launches a trip to the edge of space next month, the media reported.…
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Washington: Raising an alarm over human-caused climate change, NASA-led research has revealed that the amount of heat trapped by Earth's land, ocean and atmosphere has doubled over the course of only 14 years. Scientists at NASA and the…
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Washington: The largest asteroid to visit Earth in 2021 is passing by our planet on Sunday at a speed of about 124,000 kmph. Although this speed is faster than the speed at which most asteroids encounter Earth, there is no threat of a…
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