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The Next Gen of Scientific Leaders Shine at SGT University's ASTROCOSMOCON
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 3: SGT University, in collaboration with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), recently hosted a groundbreaking workshop that brought together 30 enthusiastic BSc and MSc students from across the country. The event, aptly nam
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ISRO to provide next level of solar data to world with Aditya-L1: Osmania
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Rukmini Jagirdar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Osmania University, said that with the launch of Aditya-L1, India is going to make a milestone in space exploration, adding that ISRO is going to provide the next level of solar data through Aditya-L1 that the world is e
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Afghanistan: Astronomical Society encourages girls to continue education f
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Despite the regressive policies of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan’s Astronomical Society has urged the Afghan girls not to remain silent and has encouraged them to pursue education from home, Khaama Press reported on Tuesday.
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Aditya-L1 Mission to be turning point in study of Sun', says Astronomy Dep
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"Sun is the most mysterious object we know. We are all dependent directly or indirectly on the Sun. Mission to Sun is the most challenging thing. India is now in the race of space missions, and this mission will be a turning point in the study of the Sun," said Shanti Priya.
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J-K: People offer prayers for Chandrayaan-3 success
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Students also cheered for the Chandrayaan-3 mission in the astronomy lab of Army Goodwill School Hanzik at Budgam.
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Malaysian delegation visits Sharjah Academy for Astronomy
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The visit aimed to explore SAASST's space exhibitions, research labs, observatories and the newly developed Sharjah Planetarium.
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Study determines age of Saturn's rings, finds that they are really young
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The best proof to date that Saturn's rings are astonishingly young has been provided by recent research headed by physicist Sascha Kempf at the University of Colorado Boulder. This finding may provide an answer to a subject that has baffled scientists for well over a century.
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Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates revamped Sharjah Planetarium
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The planetarium has been updated and improved with cutting-edge technology, including eight primary projectors backed by gadgets that are among the most advanced of their type for planetarium projections and a star projector. The new platform supports both 4K and 8K resolutions.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse seen over Nepal sky
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
This is neither a partial nor a total lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon enters the Earth's penumbra, the outer part of the shadow.
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A new measurement could change understanding of the Universe: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, a study carried out by the Stellar Standard Candles and Distances research group, led by Richard Anderson at EPFL's Institute of Physics, achieved the most accurate calibration of Cepheid stars -- a type of variable star whose luminosity fluctuates
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Discovery of massive early galaxies defies prior understanding of universe
Updated : 3 years ago IST
What scientists previously believed about the genesis of galaxies in the cosmos is being challenged by the discovery of six huge galaxies in the early universe.
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Astronomers detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Using GMRT data, Arnab Chakraborty, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and Trottier Space Institute of McGill University and Nirupam Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IISc have detected a radio signal from atomic hydrogen in a distant galaxy at redshift z=1
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