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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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Astronomers Detect Smallest Known Clump of Pure Dark Matter Using Gravitational Lensing
Astronomers using a global radio telescope array have detected the smallest known pure dark matter clump, roughly a million times the Sun’s mass. Found through a faint gravitational distortion in an Einstein ring, it offers new insight into how dark matter halos form across the universe.
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ISRO Set to Place Aditya-L1 Spacecraft in Final Destination Orbit: All You Need to Know
ISRO will perform the final manoeuvre to inject Aditya-L1 spacecraft into its final destination orbit at around 4pm on Saturday, the space agency has announced. The first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, according to ISRO.
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Aditya-L1 Sun Mission Payload To Send 1,440 Images Per Day, Say Scientists
Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), which is 1.5 million km from the Earth in the direction of the Sun.
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ISRO's Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September.
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Rare Sun Halo Spotted In Delhi After Rains, Twitter Users Share Stunning Pics
Many citizens recorded the unusual visual spectacle on their mobile phones and uploaded it on social media where it soon became viral.
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Astronomers Discover Milky Way Galaxy's Most-Distant Stars
Astronomers have detected in the stellar halo that represents the Milky Way's outer limits a group of stars more distant from Earth than any known within our own galaxy — almost halfway to a neighboring galaxy. The researchers said these 208 stars inhabit the most remote reaches of the Milky Way's halo, a spherical stellar cloud dominated by the...
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Old Video Showing Magical Sun Halo Lighting Up Sky In Sweden Leaves Internet Mesmerised
A spectacular video showing a rare and mysterious solar halo over a snow-capped mountain in Sweden is going viral on social media.
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Pics: Rare Sun Halo Sighted In Dehradun
A rainbow-coloured sun halo was sighted here on Sunday afternoon prompting the residents to record the unusual visual spectacle in their mobile phones and uploading it on the social media where it soon became viral.
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Gamescom 2021 Brings Over 40 Game Reveals at Opening Night Live; Halo Infinite, Horizon Forbidden West Get Release Dates
Gamescom 2021 kicked off its Opening Night Live event with over 40 game reveals. Release timelines for several titles, ranging from huge triple AAA ones to games from niche studios, were announced at the event hosted by Geoff Keighley.
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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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Astronomers Detect Smallest Known Clump of Pure Dark Matter Using Gravitational Lensing
Astronomers using a global radio telescope array have detected the smallest known pure dark matter clump, roughly a million times the Sun’s mass. Found through a faint gravitational distortion in an Einstein ring, it offers new insight into how dark matter halos form across the universe.
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ISRO Set to Place Aditya-L1 Spacecraft in Final Destination Orbit: All You Need to Know
ISRO will perform the final manoeuvre to inject Aditya-L1 spacecraft into its final destination orbit at around 4pm on Saturday, the space agency has announced. The first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, according to ISRO.
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Aditya-L1 Sun Mission Payload To Send 1,440 Images Per Day, Say Scientists
Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), which is 1.5 million km from the Earth in the direction of the Sun.
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ISRO's Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September.
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Rare Sun Halo Spotted In Delhi After Rains, Twitter Users Share Stunning Pics
Many citizens recorded the unusual visual spectacle on their mobile phones and uploaded it on social media where it soon became viral.
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Astronomers Discover Milky Way Galaxy's Most-Distant Stars
Astronomers have detected in the stellar halo that represents the Milky Way's outer limits a group of stars more distant from Earth than any known within our own galaxy — almost halfway to a neighboring galaxy. The researchers said these 208 stars inhabit the most remote reaches of the Milky Way's halo, a spherical stellar cloud dominated by the...
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Old Video Showing Magical Sun Halo Lighting Up Sky In Sweden Leaves Internet Mesmerised
A spectacular video showing a rare and mysterious solar halo over a snow-capped mountain in Sweden is going viral on social media.
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Pics: Rare Sun Halo Sighted In Dehradun
A rainbow-coloured sun halo was sighted here on Sunday afternoon prompting the residents to record the unusual visual spectacle in their mobile phones and uploading it on the social media where it soon became viral.
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Gamescom 2021 Brings Over 40 Game Reveals at Opening Night Live; Halo Infinite, Horizon Forbidden West Get Release Dates
Gamescom 2021 kicked off its Opening Night Live event with over 40 game reveals. Release timelines for several titles, ranging from huge triple AAA ones to games from niche studios, were announced at the event hosted by Geoff Keighley.
