Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) programme at the Aeronautical Test Range in Challakere, Karnataka. An Indian Air Forces (IAF) Chinook helicopter was used to drop the RLV-TD from a 4.5 km altitude and ISRO executed the […]
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Solar Flare
Solar Flare: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory detected a powerful “X-class” solar flare that was classified as an X1.2 flare. The X1.2 flare erupted from sunspot AR3256 near the southwestern limb of the star in our Solar System. It led to a strong shortwave radio blackout in south-east Asia, Australia, and New Zealand Solar storms are […]
Ultramassive Black Hole : Discovery
Ultramassive Black Hole : Discovery Astronomers have discovered an ultramassive black hole using gravitational lensing, a phenomenon where a foreground object bends light from a distant object behind it. Researchers used supercomputer simulations to simulate light from a distant galaxy travelling through the Universe, each simulation had a black hole of a different mass. The […]
Gamma Ray Burst Detected
Gamma Ray Burst Detected: A gamma-ray burst that recently hit our solar system was so bright, it temporarily blinded gamma-ray instruments in space, according to a NASA release. Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) are short-lived bursts of gamma-ray light, the most energetic form of light. GRB emits more energy in a few seconds than our Sun […]
Project Sky Canvas
Project Sky Canvas: A Tokyo-based space company, ALE, recently announced that it will create the world’s first artificial meteor shower in 2025 under the project Sky Canvas. Sky Canvas Project is the world’s first artificial meteor shower project. The aim of the project will be to collect atmospheric data in the mesosphere. Under this project, […]
Evidence Of The Piezoelectric Effect In Liquids
Evidence Of The Piezoelectric Effect In Liquids: Scientists have reported evidence of the piezoelectric effect in liquids, for the first time. Piezoelectric effect is a phenomenon where specific types of material produce an electric charge proportional to the mechanical stress applied to them. It was first time discovered in 1880, in quartz. Quartz is the […]
Cloned Cow-calf
Cloned Cow-calf: The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal has produced cloned female calves of the desi breed Gir. Cloned Cow-calf is India’s first cloned Gir female calf named Ganga. To clone the Gir, oocytes are isolated from live animals using ultrasound-guided needles, and then, matured for 24 hours under control conditions. The somatic cells […]
TRAPPIST-1 b : New Observations
TRAPPIST-1 b : New Observations New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that TRAPPIST-1b is unlikely to have an atmosphere wrapped around its rocky body. TRAPPIST-1 b is a hot rocky exoplanet orbiting an ultracool red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. It is the innermost of seven known planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. It has […]
Launch Vehicle Mark- 3 (LVM-3)
Launch Vehicle Mark- 3 (LVM-3): ISRO’s heaviest payload rocket, GSLV-Mk3/LVM3 carrying 36 OneWeb satellites onboard took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, under the OneWeb India-1 mission. OneWeb India-1 mission: It is a Network Access Associates Limited, UK (Bharti-backed OneWeb Group Company) and the NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) joint mission to launch […]
National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP)
National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP) for prevention and control of Rabies. Objectives of NRCP : Provision of rabies vaccine & rabies immunoglobulin through national free drug initiatives; Training on appropriate animal bite management, prevention and control of rabies, surveillance and […]
