The Chadrayaan-3 mission landed with success on the Moon’s south pole. Making India the fourth country to land on Earth’s natural satellite.
Category: Space
The launch of Luna-25 mission
47 years after the launch of Luna-24 by Soviet Union, was launched the Luna-25 or Luna-Glob probe, to collect samples on Moon’s south pole.
The last launch of Ariane 5
On the 5th of July, the last European rocket Ariane 5 will be launched on Kourou base, French Guiana. After 27 years of service.
Euclid, the dark universe telescope
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Euclid, a space telescope to study dark matter and dark energy.
Gravitational waves: what are they?
Gravitational waves are caused by big cosmic events. In this post, it’s explained what are they, how are produced and how they can be detected.
Astronomers observed a star devouring a planet
For the first time, telescopes observe a planeta 10 times heavier than Jupiter being swalloed by a star at 12,000 light-years of distance.
The beginning of JUICE mission
JUICE is a long mission of European Space Agency (ESA), to explore Jupiter and it’s three biggest moons: Ganymede, Calisto and Europa.
Successful test of RLV LEX
The RLV LEX is a reusable vehicle with autonomous landing for space missions. Was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
James Webb measures an exoplanet’s temperature
For the first time, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) measures the temperature of an exoplanet of star system TRAPPIST-1, and it’s 230ºC (446ºF).
What is tidal locking?
Why the Moon is always facing the same side to Earth? The answer is tidal coupling or tidal locking and it is this post’s subject.