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Jun 03, 2020

A 170-ft Wide Asteroid Among 5 Flying by Earth Today: NASA Tracker

The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) of NASA has revealed that five Asteroids are going to pass by the Earth on June 3, 2020 at different intervals.
Among these five asteroids, 2020 KE4 asteroid will pass by Earth today within a distance of 0.01966 astronomical units as per the NASA.
The scientists have revealed that this asteroid, otherwise could be a Potentially Hazardous Object, poses no threat to planet Earth. The Asteroid 2020 KE4 is expected to burn out in the atmosphere.
The asteroids, also known as space rocks, that will pass by Earth are 2020 KF, 2020 KE4, 2020 KK7, 2020 KD4, and 2020 KJ1.

Jun 02, 2020

PM Modi launches CHAMPIONS Portal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the technology platform CHAMPIONS which stands for Creation and Harmonious Application of recent Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength.
The portal is essential for creating the smaller units big by solving their grievances, encouraging, supporting, helping and handholding.
It is a real one-stop-shop solution of MSME Ministry.

Jun 01, 2020

Birth of New Planets Witnessed First Time in Human History

Scientists have captured images of what could the first direct evidence of a planet being born around a young star.
The images, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), show a dense disc of dust and gas around a young star AB Aurigae in which astronomers have spotted a prominent spiral structure with a 'twist' that marks the planetary maternity ward or the site where a planet may be forming.
The star AB Aurigae around which the new planet is forming is located 520 light years away from earth in the constellation of Auriga or the Charioteer.
A light year is the distance light travels in a year which is 5.9 trillion miles or 9.5 trillion km.

New Type Of Trojan Asteroid Discovered Near Jupiter

A rare kind of space object, which is something between an asteroid and a comet, has been discovered by astronomers. It has been called an active asteroid.
The newly discovered asteroid named 2019 LD2 has an orbit like an asteroid but the tail of a comet. While not entirely unknown, what makes 2019 LD2 special is that it shares Jupiter's orbit in an asteroid swarm known as the Jupiter Trojans.
This is the first Jupiter Trojan astronomers have ever seen spewing out gas as a comet would.

Proxima Centauri b Confirmed as Nearest Exoworld

Four years ago, scientists made one of the most exciting exoplanet discoveries so far, a rocky planet similar in size to Earth orbiting the nearest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri.
While the detection seemed solid, and now the ESPRESSO spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has provided that extra and more detailed confirmation.
The news was announced by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) on May 28, 2020.
The new planet is called Proxima Centauri b.

May 31, 2020

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Spacecraft Successfully Takes Off

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully took off from Kennedy Space Center for the International Space Station (ISS), with two NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley.
The spacecraft is the first to take the American astronauts to orbit from American soil in nearly a decade.
The mission marks the first launch of a rocket owned by SpaceX, the commercial space company founded by Elon Musk.
US President Donald Trump was present at the Kennedy Space Center to view the rocket launch.

May 29, 2020

Facebook Launches 'Collab' Music-Making App

From a messaging app for Apple Watch to meme creator and discovery platform, Facebook is experimenting on several consumer-focused apps under a new team called 'NPE Teams, from Facebook'.
The new addition to the list is a music collaboration app, which allows content creators and fans to create, watch, and mix and match original music videos. Named Collab, the iOS app will be available through invite-based model.
To request access, you need to sign up for a waitlist. Invites will be send in batches, starting with people in the US and Canada.
The content created using Collab app can be published on other platforms, including Facebook-owned Instagram and Facebook Stories.

ISRO Gets Patent to Manufacture 'Moon Soil'

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has secured a patent for its method of producing highland lunar soil simulant or "moon soil".
It is made using similar rock samples found at the Sittampundi Anorthosite Complex, located 67 km from Salem in Tamil Nadu.
The simulant prepared by ISRO is akin to the regolith, which is a loose unconsolidated rock that settles on the bedrock of the lunar highland region, which can be used to improve the mobility of the rover or to study lunar soil.
It could also help with experiments and researches on ways to construct structures on the Moon's surface and make progress in lunar locomotive engineering.

NPCI Launches AI Virtual Assistant PAi

National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) said that it has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot, PAi, to create awareness around its products like FASTag, RuPay, UPI, AePS on a real time basis.
This is yet another NPCI's initiative to improve digital financial inclusion in India.
The AI virtual assistant, PAi is available round the clock helping users with access to accurate information on NPCI products.
Customers can ask their queries in English and Hindi, via text or voice on the websites of NPCI, RuPay, and UPI Chalega.
Through PAi, users get verified automated responses to their queries on all NPCI's products. PAi would also be accessible to global RuPay Cardholders as well.

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