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How Innovative Technology Can Solve Damaging Recruitment Frauds
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14: "We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That's a clear prescription for disaster." ~ Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, planetary scientist
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Israeli-led researchers discover Milky Way's heaviest black hole
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Situated approximately 1,500 light-years away from Earth, the black hole was revealed through data collected by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft.
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Israeli astronomers discover enigmatic red supermassive black hole veiled
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, Israeli astronomers identified an extraordinarily red supermassive black hole shrouded in cosmic dust, challenging current understandings of black hole growth and their relationship with host galaxies.
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UFC GYM Unveils Luxury Fitness at Jaipur
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 20: UFC GYM® India today announced the opening of its newest and largest facility at Mansarovar in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Jaipur essentially means 'The City of Jai', named after its founder, King Sawai Jai Singh, who was a notable warrior and an accompli
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik felicitates winners of 17th Edition of Young Astr
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The top five winners of the 17th Edition of Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) 2023 were felicitated by Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik on Thursday at Pathani Samanta Planetarium (PSP) in Bhubaneswar.
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Gaganyaan test flight: Astronomer RC Kapoor says experiment went perfectly
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation carried out successful 'TV-D1' (Test Vehicle Development Flight 1) in the Gaganyaan Mission, astronomer Dr RC Kapoor on Saturday said that the experiment went perfectly well and it exactly followed the design trajectory.
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New information revealed about exoplanet's star, atmosphere
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The interesting TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system was initially found in 2016 amid speculation that it might one day be a home for mankind. Astronomers working under the direction of a team at the Université de Montréal have made significant progress in studying this system.
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Very important day, say astronomers on Aditya-L1 solar mission
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The country's maiden solar mission -- Aditya-L1 is all set to be launched today at 11:50 am from the launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
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Super Blue Moon lights up sky
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Astronomers got a special treat on August 30 when a rare celestial event known as a Super Blue Moon became visible in the sky across the nation. A blue moon has nothing to do with the colour of the Moon. NASA defines it as the second full moon in a single month. "Once in a blue moon" occurs
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"ISRO has come a long way in 6 decades": Astronomer RC Kapoor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Astronomer and Professor RC Kapoor on Thursday said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has come a long way in the past six decades adding that the work of the space agency is largely indigenous which is commendable.
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Astronomer Priya Hasan explains how Chandrayaan-2 mapping moon surface can
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, she explained how the orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2, which is still orbiting around the moon, will help the crucial part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
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Astronomers discover magnetic activity plays key role in exoplanet habitab
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Astronomers have discovered evidence that some stars have unusually powerful surface magnetic fields, a finding that contradicts existing conceptions of how stars grow.
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