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Scientists at India’s ISRO made an EPIC discovery
Scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have made an epic discovery with a planet the size of six Earths and with a mass of 27 times than the mass of the Earth located at around 600 light-years away from our planet in a recently discovered. Scientists at ISRO have summoned the latest exoplanet as […]
New sun-like star is a Rosetta Stone for studying stellar dynamos, say scientists
A new giant star has been found by the scientists and this star is believed to be a look-alike of our own Sun. According to the scientists, the newly discovered sun-like star will serve as a Rosetta stone for understanding the solar dynamo. The solar dynamo is driven by the solar cycle. Usually, the solar […]
For the first time in 99 years- Solar Eclipse to cross US
For the first time in 99 years, US province is all set to witness the universal treat. On August 21, 2017, a total Solar Eclipse is about to appear that will hide the Sun for the entire day. The Solar Eclipse will stretch from Oregon to South Carolina. Some say it’s an act of God. […]
Robotic spacecraft to sun- will NASA make it possible?
According to the recent reports by NASA’s official channel, it is planning to send a robotic spacecraft to Sun by the end of next year. NASA’s first ever robotic spacecraft to Sun will travel within six million kilometers of the blazing star to probe its atmosphere. So far, every space agency of the word has […]
Scientists at NASA planning to send a probe to Sun in 2018
Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are planning to conduct first ever solar mission by sending a robotic probe within 4 million miles of the Sun. The mission is still in designing phase and scientists are still thinking about how to protect the spacecraft from the extremely high temperature near the Sun that […]
NASA shares first image of Solar activity beamed back by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite
The American weather observatory GOES-16 that was launched last year on November 19 has beamed back its first ever image captured on Jan 29, 2017. The stunning image shows a massive coronal hole in the Sun which has given a deeper insight on solar activity. The Sun has an 11-year activity cycle where it goes […]
Scientists Unveil Massive Shady and Knotted Sunspot Centre, Having Twofold Width of Earth
In a celestial breakthrough, team European scientists have discovered a strange and massive dark matter with almost double the width of earth. The dark and knotted sunspot center alongside some other details of our Sun has been detected by the scientists from European Southern Observatory (ESO). The extraterrestrial object is a twisted focal point of […]
Carrington-Like Solar Storm May Hit Earth Causing $41.5 Billion Daily Financial Losses for the US
A Carrington-Like powerful Solar Storm may hit the earth in next few decades, causing a blackout which will result in $41.5 Billion daily financial losses for the United State only, warned a recently published study. The Solar Tornado of 1859, called the Carrington Event was the most powerful geomagnetic solar storm throughout solar cycle 10, […]
NASA set out two new missions ‘Lucy and Psyche’ to study history of Solar System
The US-based space agency NASA has set out two new space missions for studying the golden era of the solar system which is yet to be fully discovered. As per the announcement by NASA on Wednesday, the agency has started working on two unnamed solar missions which are intended to explore the hidden secrets of […]