by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 1, 2020 | Astronomy and Space Research
A new study, which stars can see earth as a transiting exoplanet, published on October 20, 2020 says that more than 1,000 nearby stars are positioned for detecting life on Earth. These stars may have Earth-like planets in their own habitable zones and have a clear...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 27, 2020 | Astronomy and Space Research
A three-person crew aboard the Soyuz spacecraft reached the International Space Station (ISS) on October 14, 2020, after a journey of just three hours and three minutes, four minutes ahead of schedule. It was the fastest ever for a manned craft to the orbital lab,...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 27, 2020 | Astronomy and Space Research
On October 13, 2020, Blue Origin, a space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has launched a rocket, namely, New Shepard for the seventh time, which carried science experiments and drawings made by children. The company is assisting the NASA in its Moon...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 27, 2020 | Astronomy and Space Research
India’s first mission to the Moon, namely, Chandrayaan 1, was launched on October 22, 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C11 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It made 3,400...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 27, 2020 | Astronomy and Space Research
According to a newspaper report published on October 23, 2020, Mars is losing its atmosphere to outer space at a faster rate than Earth. This study was confirmed by data and images sent by ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and NASA’s Mars Orbiter Mars Atmosphere and...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 27, 2020 | Astronomy and Space Research
Introduction As per the media reports in April 26, 2020, the gravitational wave observatories at Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) for that first time detected merger of two unequal-mass black holes. This finding was published in preprint...
