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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - June 2017

Jun 2017

Jun 29, 2017

GSAT-17 Launched Successfully

India's latest communication satellite GSAT-17 was successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.
GSAT-17 is the 21st satellite from ISRO to be launched by Arianespace, and its designed in-orbit operational life is about 15 years.

Jun 28, 2017

New Ransomware Attack

Weeks after the WannaCry ransomware affected systems in over 100 countries, another major cyber-attack is causing mass disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine and Russia the hardest.
Reports suggest that Russia's biggest oil company, Ukraine's international airport as well as global shipping firm AP Moller-Maersk have been impacted by the attack.

Jun 14, 2017

Senior Citizen of the Solar System

Astronomers have finally found how old Jupiter is. The study suggests that the planet's core had already grown to be 20 times more massive than Earth just 1 million years after the sun formed.
Jupiter is the oldest planet of the solar system and its solid core formed well before the solar nebula gas dissipated.

Jun 13, 2017

Diverse Minerals in Martian Rocks

Examining initial samples of rocks collected by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the lower-most layers of Mount Sharp Mountain.
The minerals found in the four samples drilled near the base of Mount Sharp suggest several different environments were present in ancient Gale Crater.
At the base are minerals from a primitive magma source; they are rich in iron and magnesium.
Moving higher in the section, scientists saw more silica-rich minerals.

Two Massive Planets Discovered

Astronomers have discovered two new gas giant planets, orbiting a star located about 138 light years away from the Earth.
One of the two worlds is a Saturn-mass planet, while the other one is a cold exoplanet several times more massive than Jupiter.
The two planets orbit a star HD 27894, which was first detected in 2005 and is about 20 per cent less massive than the sun.
The two gas giant exoplanets have received designations HD 27894 c and HD 27894 d.

Jun 09, 2017

NASA Picks 12 New Astronauts

After evaluating a record-breaking number of applicants, NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts, including an Indian-American, who will be trained for missions into Earth orbit and to deep space.
The 12 new astronaut candidates, seven men and five women, were chosen from more than 18,300 people who submitted applications.

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