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Dec 10, 2021

NASA Launches X-ray Space Telescope to Unlock Secrets of Black Hole

US space agency NASA launched its new X-ray Mission to unlock the secrets of extreme cosmic objects.
The first space observatory of its kind, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE, is built to study some of the most energetic objects in the universe -- the remnants of exploded stars, powerful particle jets spewing from feeding black holes, and much more.
The mission lifted off at 1:00 a.m. EST (11.30 am IST) aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The project is a collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency.

Dec 08, 2021

The DRDO Successfully Flight Tested

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
The launch was conducted from a vertical launcher against an electronic target at a very low altitude.
The launch was conducted to validate integrated operation of all weapon system components including the vertical launcher unit with controller, canisterised flight vehicle, weapon control system etc. required for future launches of the missile from naval ships.

Dec 07, 2021

Yutu - 2 Spotted a Cube - Shaped Mystery Hut

Yutu – 2 is a Chinese lunar rover that was launched to the moon in Chang'e 4 mission. It was launched in 2018 and it landed on the moon in 2019.
Recently, the rover spotted a cube – shaped mystery hut on the far side of the moon.
A likely explanation for the object is that it can be a larger boulder that was excavated by an impact event.

Dec 05, 2021

Pradip Shah is New NARCL Chairman

Pradip Shah, founder of IndAsia Fund Advisors, was appointed Chairman of National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL), while Aditya Birla Asset Reconstruction Company Managing Director Sanjay Jain became the chief executive of India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL).
Diwakar Gupta, former managing director of State Bank of India was selected as Chairman of IDRCL.
In May, Padmakumar Nair, chief general manager of SBI, was appointed as the MD of NARCL.

Dec 03, 2021

TESS Discovers a Planet the Size of Mars

Astronomers discovered an ultra-short-period planet (USP) that is also super light. The planet is named GJ 367 b, and it orbits its star in just eight hours. The planet is about the size of Mars, and half as massive as the Earth, making it one of the lightest planets discovered to date.
Orbiting a nearby star that is 31 light years from our own sun, GJ 367 b is close enough that researchers could pin down properties of the planet that were not possible with previously detected USPs.
The new planet was discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission, of which Ricker is principal investigator. TESS monitors the sky for changes in brightness of the nearest stars. Scientists look through TESS data for transits or periodic dips in starlight that indicate a planet is crossing and briefly blocking a star's light.

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