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Jul 06, 2018

Flight Test for Crew Escape System

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully carried out a flight test for a newly-designed Crew Escape System, meant for saving lives of astronauts in an exigency.

As per the space agency, it is the first in a series of tests to ascertain the trustworthiness and efficiency of the Crew Escape System.

Jul 05, 2018

Quake Detection Technology

Researchers in Iceland have successfully used an existing fibre-optic communications cable to assess seismic activity.

The technique has proven sensitive to ground shaking, but is not yet ready for widespread use.

Cosmic Rays from Massive Star System

Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is accelerating particles to high energies, some of which may reach the earth as cosmic rays.

Eta Carinae, located about 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina, is famous for a 19th century outburst that briefly made it the second-brightest star in the sky.

Jul 03, 2018

Newborn Planet Pictured for First Time

Researchers have long been on the hunt for a baby planet, and this is the first confirmed discovery of its kind.

Young dwarf star PDS 70 is less than 10 million years old, and its planetary companion is thought to be between five and six million years old.

Known as PDS 70b, it appears to be several times the size of Jupiter and probably has a cloudy atmosphere.

Jun 28, 2018

Saturn's Moon Enceladus

Scientists have found complex carbon-based molecules in the waters of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Compounds like this have only previously been found on Earth, and in some meteorites.

They are thought to have formed in reactions between water and warm rock at the base of the moon's subsurface ocean.

Though not a sign of life, their presence suggests Enceladus could play host to living organisms.

Jun 26, 2018

Pakistan to Launch Observatory Satellite

Pakistan will launch an indigenously developed observatory satellite next month which can be used to study various features of Earth, determine mineral deposits and impacts of climate change.

Fitted with sensors and cameras, the 285 kg satellite named PakTES-1A will remain stationary 610 km in space and its position relative to the Sun will not change.

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