Somanath, who is currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala state capital, will be fourth Keralite to occupy the topmost post in the Indian space sector.
This is only the 6th time in human history a sample has been cored from a rock on a planet other than Earth, NASA said, adding they take it slow when they see something anomalous.
The Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history - from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
The last portion of the 21-foot (6.5-meter) mirror swung into place at flight controllers’ command, completing the unfolding of the James Webb Space Telescope.
The $10 billion telescope is more than halfway toward its destination 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometres) away, following its Christmas Day send-off. It is the biggest and most powerful observatory ever launched — 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope — enabling it to peer back to almost the beginning of time.
The CM would be splashing down near the Indian coast in 2023 after the week-long mission, and the Arabian Sea, which is comparatively calmer, is the primary choice, but the Bay of Bengal is also being considered as a backup option, writes Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair S, Director, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), ISRO, Bengaluru, in an article.
2021 was a big year in the world of science. The world witnessed millionaires conduct space explorations, NASA launch James Webb Telescope, China bringing back a sample to earth from the moon, and many more milestones. Here is a list of the biggest moments in science with mind-blowing pictures and videos from out of the world (literally).
Six ultras, including four women, were killed in the gun-battle with the special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of the Telangana Police, a senior police official posted in Bastar said.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky.
Under the 'Deep Ocean Mission' launched by the government, a manned scientific submersible has been proposed to be developed for deep ocean exploration and the project is named 'Samudrayaan', Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
Launched in 2018 to explore the mysteries of the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe has, so far, completed nine full orbits of the Sun. Before its prime mission ends in 2025, it will complete another 15 orbits.
While the Pinaka MK-I rocket system has a range of around 40 km, the Pinaka II variant can hit targets at a distance of 60 km. The range of the Pinaka-ER (MK-I variant is not immediately known.
Solar Eclipse, Dec 4 2021: The celestial event will last for over four hours before the Moon moves out of the Sun’s path. Watch live
The Prawn Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light-years from Earth.
The mission aims to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course, if an Earth-threatening asteroid is discovered in the future.
The team investigated a map of radioactive gamma-rays -- the highest-energy form of light in the universe, which can arise when extremely high-speed particles called cosmic rays crash into ordinary matter -- blasting in and around the center of our galaxy.
NASA is collaborating with the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade.
Lunar Eclipse 2021: Skygazers are in for a celestial delight as the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century on Friday is likely to turn the moon to a red-brown hue, despite not being a blood Moon.
The lunar eclipse, the last of 2021, will be the longest since the 15th century.
India has pledged to accomplish a net zero emission target by 2070 at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Glasgow in Scotland.
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