Chennai: The Indian space agency has rectified the fault in its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) whose Monday flight with Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was called off one hour before its lift off. While there is no official word about the status of the rocket since the flight was called[Read More…]
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Elon Musk unveils brain-on-a-chip, seeks human trials in 2020
The technology has a module that sits outside the head and wirelessly receives information from “threads” embedded in the brain.
India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 called off due to technical snag in the rocket
The launch was called off nearly one hour before the actual time of launch which was 2.51 AM.
ISRO Chairman prays at Tirumala temple for success of Chandrayaan-2
Sivan, who was accompanied by some ISRO scientists, visited the temple along with the replica of Chandrayaan-2 to receive the “benign blessings of Almighty”, said Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam
Chandrayaan-2 cheaper than ‘Avengers Endgame’: What the foreign press says
The Chandrayaan-2 mission, that takes off exactly 50 years after the astronauts of Apollo II made their historic voyage to the Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon, will attempt a historic touchdown near the Moon’s south pole
Researchers find moon-forming disk around distant planet
The study, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, adds to the intriguing story of planet PDS 70 c — a still-forming gas giant about 370 light years from Earth that was first revealed last month in visible light images
Space tourism unlikely to harm environment: Ex-astronaut
Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan): Space tourism does not pose a significant threat to the environment, former NASA astronaut Mary Ellen Weber said here, stressing that the US space agency is already working on more environmentally friendly propulsion systems. “Many things affect the environment and I am not sure that we will be[Read More…]
Total Solar Eclipse 2019 today: Here’s how you can watch live ‘Surya Grahan’ in India
There are a number of websites and organizations that live stream the eclipse. With the total solar eclipse, just a few hours away, let’s know the list of websites to watch the Surya Grahan live
Solar Eclipse July 2019: Date, timings and how does solar eclipse occur?
The complete blocking out of the sun’s light can be seen from the area on the earth’s surface that enters the moon’s umbra which is the smaller shadow
Total Solar Eclipse 2019 today: Here’s all you need to know about Surya Grahan
The solar eclipse falling on July 2 is likely to last longer than two minutes and 40 seconds which happened in August 2017
