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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - October 2015

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Dec 01, 2016

Dense Hot Jupiter Exoplanet Orbiting a Sun-like Star

Astronomers have discovered a dense "hot Jupiter", an exoplanet transiting a distant six-billion-year-old Sun-like star located about 1,800 light years from the Earth.
The newly discovered planet is designated EPIC 220504338.
According to the research, EPIC 220504338b, which was first spotted by NASA's Kepler K2 mission, is about 10 per cent smaller than Jupiter and about 30 per cent more massive. The exoworld orbits its six-billion-year-old sun-like parent star every 5.8 days.

Nov 21, 2016

New Super Earth Spotted

Scientists have spotted a new Super Earth orbiting a nearby star having a mass around 5.4 times that of Earth.
This new Super Earth has been found orbiting a very bright star near to our sun.

Nov 19, 2016

Shenzhou-11 Makes Successful Landing

Shenzhou-11 space mission, China's manned spacecraft landed successfully on Earth after spending about a month in the orbit.
The Shenzhou-11, with two astronauts aboard landed in inner Mongolia.
The Shenzhou-11 had departed on October 17 and docked at the Tiangong-2 space laboratory two days later.

Nov 04, 2016

Successful Launch of Long March-5

China successfully launched its most powerful heavy-lift rocket which is expected to be used in future space programmes like building a permanent space station and for moon and Mars missions as the Communist giant seeks to become a major space power.
Long March-5, a newly developed rocket, was launched from the coastal Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern Hainan Province.

Oct 27, 2016

ISI Crew Members to Return to Earth

The crew members of Expedition 49 on the International Space Station (ISS) will return to Earth after completing 115 days in space since their launch in July this year. The three astronauts will depart from the orbital outpost on 29th October.
According to NASA, Expedition 49 Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the space station and land in Kazakhstan.

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