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Feb 16, 2017

ISRO Sets World Record

Indian space agency ISRO scripted history by successfully launching a record 104 satellites, including country's Cartosat-2 earth observation satellite, in a single mission.
ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37 carrying 104 satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
About 28 minutes into the flight, PSLV first injected Cartosat-2 series satellite into orbit, followed by the other 103 nano satellites, including 96 from the US, in a gap of about 30 minutes.

Rare Delta Scuti Pulsating Star

Astronomers have spotted a rare star as big or bigger than the earth's Sun and that is expanding and contracting in three different directions simultaneously.
Situated 7,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, the star is so rare that it's only one of seven identified by astronomers in the Milky Way.
Of those, a mere seven - including the newly-identified one - are the rare intrinsic variable star called a Triple Mode 'high amplitude delta Scuti' or Triple Mode HADS(B), for short.

Feb 11, 2017

NASA Teams Up with ESA

The ESA and NASA are teaming up to take humans to the moon within the next few years.
The European Space Agency (ESA) and aerospace company Airbus have agreed with NASA to build a module for a second, manned mission that will fly around the moon as early as 2021, which will be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
The manned Orion mission will take humans to the moon for the first time in 50 years. NASA's Orion capsule is also aimed at taking astronauts to Mars and asteroids in the following years.

Feb 10, 2017

Peggy Whitson the Oldest Woman in Space

American biochemistry researcher and NASA astronaut, Peggy Whitson, celebrated her 57th birthday aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
In November last year, she became the oldest woman to step into space and also the only woman in NASA’s history to have logged the most days in space.

Feb 07, 2017

NASA Discovers Giant Black Hole

Scientists have discovered a giant black hole that has ripped a star apart and then feasted on its remains for approximately a decade.
This is more than ten times longer than any observed episode of a star’s death by black hole.

Jan 31, 2017

Scientists Find Oldest Human Ancestor

Researchers have discovered the earliest known ancestor of humans, along with a vast range of other species.
As per the researchers, the microscopic sea animal is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path that led to fish and - eventually - to humans.

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