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Love what ISRO, NASA, ESA are doing? Professional astronomer explains how to get into stargazing
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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Love what ISRO, NASA, ESA are doing? Professional astronomer explains how to get into stargazing

[ad_1] ISRO, NASA, ESA and other space agencies have been in the news for a plethora of amazing launches that will serve to shed new light o the Universe. In fact, the Indian space agency ISRO, launched the XpoSat satellite yesterday to study black holes, Magnetars and more. Know how you too can get into stargazing.(The Conversation) There are few things more peaceful and relaxing than a night under the stars. Through the holidays, many people head away from the bright city lights to go camping. They revel in the dark skies, spangled with myriad stars. As a child, I loved such trips, and they helped cement my passion for the night sky, and for all things space. One of my great joys as an astronomer is sharing the night sky with people. There is something wondrous about helping people st...
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PSLV-C58 XPoSat Mission launch: 10 things to know about this successful ISRO space odyssey
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PSLV-C58 XPoSat Mission launch: 10 things to know about this successful ISRO space odyssey

[ad_1] In yet another proud moment for India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has powered another amazing mission to a successful conclusion. Dubbed the PSLV-C58 XPoSat Mission, ISRO launched the rocket and got the satellite into place exactly where it was required. While the XPoSat satellite is the most important part of the entire mission, all the hard work involved in boosting it into space in the correct orbit depended on just one thing - the PSLV-C58 rocket system, which has not been just successful, it is also very cheap when compared to other rocket systems from the US space agency, the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). This success comes quickly on the heels of ISRO having successfully launched two historic missions in 2023 - the Chandrayaan-3 missi...
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XPoSat Mission launched! After Chandrayaan-3 mission, Aditya-L1 mission triumphs, ISRO takes another big step
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XPoSat Mission launched! After Chandrayaan-3 mission, Aditya-L1 mission triumphs, ISRO takes another big step

[ad_1] XPoSat Mission launch: In yet another proud moment created by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new satellite has been launched successfully. This project, dubbed as the XPoSat Mission was launched successfully today, the first day of 2024. And, even as ISRO ended 2023 with a huge number of successes, the most notable of them being the Chandrayaan-3 mission and the Aditya-L1 mission, the space agency registered yet another historic triumph by launching this critically important satellite. The satellite was hoisted into orbit aboard the PSLV-C58 rocket. The planned lifetime of XPoSat mission is about 5 years, according to ISRO. Among various other objectives, it will also study X-ray pulsars, black hole binaries, neutron stars, and Magnetars.The launch came after an...
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Shocking radio burst that took 8 bn years to reach Earth detected from distant galaxy
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Shocking radio burst that took 8 bn years to reach Earth detected from distant galaxy

[ad_1] Mysterious radio bursts occur in space frequently but, these blasts last for just thousandths of a second. Recently, scientists have discovered a cosmic radio burst from the distant past that reached Earth some 8 billion years after it was generated. This new discovery is providing astronomers with new insights into these mysterious cosmic events. Know about the mysterious radio burst here.Mysterious radio burstAccording to a Phys.org report, this incredibly powerful blast of radio waves is known as a “fast radio burst (FRB) which is the most distant cosmic burst ever recorded. The source galaxy is reported to have been so far that it took eight billion years to reach Earth. The researchers speculate that the reason behind the blast are faraway lifeless stars referred to as magne...
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