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Sun has a plasma geyser! 

We all know that the sun is hot. It is a boiling ball of plasma, constantly churning and turning itself inside out releasing tremendous amounts of energy. Sunspots, a specific solar phenomenon, are capable of hosting geysers, or sites of repeated ejection activity. The origin of these solar geysers has remained mysterious for decades, but […]
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It rains irons on this planet 

Astronomers have observed a distant planet where it probably rains iron. It may sound like an episode from Star Trek or Dr Who but that’s true.  Wasp-76b, as it’s known, orbits so close in to its host star, its dayside temperatures exceed 2,400C – hot enough to vaporise metals. WASP-76b is tidally-locked, only ever showing […]
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NASA is eyeing gold in space 

Space if full of wonders, but did you know that it can also make Earthlings rich. Yes, NASA is eyeing a nearby asteroid that contains enough gold to make everyone on Earth a billionaire! The space agency has asked billionaire Elon Musk to help it explore a nearby asteroid. Psyche 16 is nestled between the […]
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Earth has a new moon! 

Our planet has a new moon, and it’s the size of a car! Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit. What is it? The asteroid, known as 2020 CD3, is only the second asteroid known to orbit Earth.  Its mass is roughly 6-11 feet in diameter. And while it won’t last, […]
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NASA accepts application for new astronauts, visit to mars and moon 

For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers can apply till March 31. The call for more astronauts comes at a time when the agency is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon with the Artemis program. […]
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China plans new space station 

China is planning to make a new space station. The programme would be launched in April. A Long March 5B rocket will carry a “trial version” of China’s new spaceship, which is designed to carry crews of up to six people. Previous Chinese spaceships carried up to three taikonauts, the term used to describe Chinese […]
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Juno aircraft sends news about water on Jupiter 

Nasa’s Juno mission has provided its first results on the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere. The Juno results estimate that at the equator, water makes up about 0.25 per cent of the molecules in Jupiter’s atmosphere — almost three times that of the Sun. These are also the first findings on the gas giant’s […]
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Out of the world: Get ready for space trip 

The dream of space tourism is coming closer to reality. SpaceX is planning to send up to four private citizens into space to take a trip around Earth. This should happen sometime at the end of 2021 or in early 2022. The spaceflight company announced an agreement with Space Adventures, a space tourism business that […]
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Is this Lonavala chikki as Amitabh Bachchan said? 

No, it’s not. As a matter of fact, it’s nowhere close to chikki or popcorn as you may think at the first look. It is the surface of the sun! Yes, and even superstar Amitabh Bachchan confused it with our very own Lonavala Chikki.  A new solar telescope in Hawaii has taken its first photo […]
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Meet Vyom Mitra, ISRO’s ‘woman’ in space 

Indian space agency ISRO has unveiled a robot which will travel to space as part of its unmanned space mission to be launched this year as a prelude to the manned Gaganyaan mission. The half-humanoid robot, named ‘Vyom Mitra’ or a friend in the sky, is capable of conversing with astronauts, recognising them, and responding […]