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Rs 4.6 Lakh For Sunlight After Dark? US Startup Plans To Launch 50,000 Mirrors In Space
Reflect Orbital, a US startup, plans to launch mirrors in space to reflect sunlight onto Earth at night, aiming to provide artificial light and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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Space Station Captures Spectacular Night View Of India Illuminated By City Lights
The illuminated network highlights major cities connected by highways, while smaller clusters reveal towns and villages shining across the country.
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NASA Shares Steps To Track Artemis II Lunar Flyby Mission In Real Time
The online users can see where Orion and the crew are in relation to the Earth and the Moon.
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ISS Crew Prepares to Send Japan’s HTV-X1 Cargo Spacecraft Back to Earth After Four Months
The Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station is preparing to release Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft after four months docked. Using Canadarm2, the vehicle will detach, conduct additional experiments in orbit, and later deorbit, while astronauts continue biology and AI research onboard.
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Viral Claims Link Lunar Eclipse To Conflict - Here's What Science Says
According to NASA, solar and lunar eclipses can be calculated centuries in advance using precise celestial mechanics. There is no known physical mechanism by which these alignments could influence political decisions or military conflict.
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NASA’s Carruthers Observatory Begins Mission to Study Earth’s Hydrogen Halo
NASA’s Carruthers Observatory has begun its two-year science mission to study Earth’s hydrogen-rich exosphere from a halo orbit at Sun–Earth L1. Equipped with ultraviolet cameras, the small satellite will continuously image the faint geocorona, tracking how solar storms and fast solar wind streams cause the upper atmosphere to expand, contrac...
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...
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Supercomputer Study Finds 97,000 Stable Orbits Between Earth and Moon
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory simulated one million potential satellite orbits between Earth and the Moon to assess long-term stability. Fewer than 10% remained stable over six years, highlighting the challenges of operating in cislunar space. Yet the results identified roughly 97,000 viable orbits, offering valuable options ...
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NASA Shares Photo Of Dazzling Green Auroras Captured From Space Station
According to NASA, auroras are produced when charged particles from the Sun collide with Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
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India Gains In-Orbit Spying Capability, Can Now Snoop On Enemy Satellites
In a significant milestone for India's growing private space sector, Ahmedabad-based Azista Industries Private Limited through its aerospace vertical has demonstrated a new indigenous capability to image objects in orbit from another satellite
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Rs 4.6 Lakh For Sunlight After Dark? US Startup Plans To Launch 50,000 Mirrors In Space
Reflect Orbital, a US startup, plans to launch mirrors in space to reflect sunlight onto Earth at night, aiming to provide artificial light and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
-
Space Station Captures Spectacular Night View Of India Illuminated By City Lights
The illuminated network highlights major cities connected by highways, while smaller clusters reveal towns and villages shining across the country.
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NASA Shares Steps To Track Artemis II Lunar Flyby Mission In Real Time
The online users can see where Orion and the crew are in relation to the Earth and the Moon.
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ISS Crew Prepares to Send Japan’s HTV-X1 Cargo Spacecraft Back to Earth After Four Months
The Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station is preparing to release Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft after four months docked. Using Canadarm2, the vehicle will detach, conduct additional experiments in orbit, and later deorbit, while astronauts continue biology and AI research onboard.
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Viral Claims Link Lunar Eclipse To Conflict - Here's What Science Says
According to NASA, solar and lunar eclipses can be calculated centuries in advance using precise celestial mechanics. There is no known physical mechanism by which these alignments could influence political decisions or military conflict.
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NASA’s Carruthers Observatory Begins Mission to Study Earth’s Hydrogen Halo
NASA’s Carruthers Observatory has begun its two-year science mission to study Earth’s hydrogen-rich exosphere from a halo orbit at Sun–Earth L1. Equipped with ultraviolet cameras, the small satellite will continuously image the faint geocorona, tracking how solar storms and fast solar wind streams cause the upper atmosphere to expand, contrac...
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Study Space Weather Between Earth and Mars
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will send two identical orbiters to Mars to study how solar wind and space weather strip away the planet’s atmosphere. Launching in 2025 and arriving in 2027, the twin spacecraft will measure solar wind conditions and Mars’s atmospheric response simultaneously, helping scientists understand how the Red Planet lost its ...
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Supercomputer Study Finds 97,000 Stable Orbits Between Earth and Moon
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory simulated one million potential satellite orbits between Earth and the Moon to assess long-term stability. Fewer than 10% remained stable over six years, highlighting the challenges of operating in cislunar space. Yet the results identified roughly 97,000 viable orbits, offering valuable options ...
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NASA Shares Photo Of Dazzling Green Auroras Captured From Space Station
According to NASA, auroras are produced when charged particles from the Sun collide with Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
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India Gains In-Orbit Spying Capability, Can Now Snoop On Enemy Satellites
In a significant milestone for India's growing private space sector, Ahmedabad-based Azista Industries Private Limited through its aerospace vertical has demonstrated a new indigenous capability to image objects in orbit from another satellite
