The discovery of Gliese 12 b, a planet similar to Venus and only 40 light-years away, offers new prospects for understanding life-supporting conditions in the universe. This “evil twin” receives significantly more radiation from its star compared to Earth, posing intriguing questions for future research with advanced telescopes. Credit: SciTechDaily.comRecent findings of a Venus-like...
Notes from Lecture ‘First five years of Gravitational wave astronomy’ by Prof. Archana Pai, Department of Physics, IIT Bombay. World Space Week, Webinar organized by National Space Society(USA)-Mumbai.
A broad overview
Gravitational-Wave astronomy is an emerging...
Source: Virginia Space Authority
Northrop Grumman, a prominent aerospace and defense technology company, has joined forces with Firefly Aerospace to develop the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV), a revolutionary rocket designed to address the growing demand...
In 1968, an astronomer named Vera Rubin measured the spectra of stars in our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy to determine how fast they were moving.
Rubin...
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Researchers investigating the space...
Astrophysicists from the University of Potsdam have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by observing the weak...
Researchers at Buck Institute have identified the role of insoluble proteins in aging and Alzheimer’s disease, uncovering their widespread presence beyond just amyloid and...
NASA’s Juno mission has provided images and new details about Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa.
The findings suggest the moon’s ice shell floats on top of...
Article originally written for the AAO’s Newsletter published on 29th June 2021.
During the last year I’ve been setting up my telescope in the backyard...
Pickering’s Triangle in the Veil Nebula. Credit: Michael S Adler. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.In the constellation Cygnus, a celestial masterpiece unfolds—the Veil Nebula. Within...
A surprisingly low amount of methane and a super-sized core hide within the cotton candy-like planet WASP-107 b.
The revelations, based on data obtained by...
Helioseismology, the study of wave oscillations in the Sun, has revolutionized our understanding of the Sun’s interior structure and dynamics. Just as seismologists...