by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 19, 2022 | Astronomy and Space Research
On December 8, 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched its new Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on an Atlas V rocket of the United Launch Alliance. It is NASA’s...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 12, 2022 | Astronomy and Space Research
An international group of scientists succeeded in measuring the characteristics of a flare on a distant magnetar for the first time. The flash or flare was captured accidently in April 2020. It released energy equivalent to that produced by the Sun in 1,00,000 years...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 12, 2022 | Astronomy and Space Research
In December, 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the spacecraft from NASA’S Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission was accomplished with...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 10, 2022 | Astronomy and Space Research
On December 25, 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana jointly with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency. The observatory was...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 3, 2021 | Astronomy and Space Research
The annual Leonids Meteor Shower for 2021 occurred between November 6 and November 30. The peak activity was on November 17, 2021 when bits of the cosmic debris appeared to viewers from Earth like a display of fireworks in the sky. Leonids Meteor Showers The Leonids...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 23, 2021 | Astronomy and Space Research
As per a research paper published in the Journal of Science in July 2021, researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich analysed the seismic data sent by InSight and derived many valuables clues about Mars. Since early 2019, researchers from ETH Zurich,...
