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ATLAS Asteroid Tracking System

The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has become first survey capable of searching entire dark sky for near-Earth objects (NEOs), every 24 hours. Key Facts ATLAS is a state-of-the-art...

February 5, 2022

The Netherlands New HIV variant

The researchers of Netherlands have discovered a new HIV variant. It has been named as VB variant. It was lurking the country for a long period. The variant...

February 5, 2022

ITS in Mumbai-Nagpur expressway

The ‘ITS’ is Intelligent Transportation System. It is a Korean technology. The technology is to be used to monitor Mumbai – Nagpur Expressway. It is the longest expressway...

February 5, 2022

NROL-87 Mission

NROL-87 was launched by SpaceX. Under the mission, the company recently launched a spy satellite for the US military. The satellite was carried by Falcon rocket. This is...

February 4, 2022

Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)

On February 2, 2022, India inked an interim agreement to confirm its commitment for working on mega science project called “Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)”. Highlights The agreement...

February 4, 2022

Supercomputer Param Pravega

Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru has commissioned one of the most powerful supercomputers, called “Param Pravega” in India. About Supercomputer Param Pravega Param Pravega supercomputer has a...

February 4, 2022

NASA: International Space Station Transition Plan

Recently, NASA announced that, the International Space Station (ISS) will cease operations in 2031. Highlights In 2031, the spacecraft will fall out of orbit and into the waters...

February 4, 2022

Research on Ring-Shaped Molecules

MIT chemical engineers’ team has created a new material, which is stronger than steel and lighter as plastic. The material can be easily manufactured in large quantities. Their...

February 4, 2022

Two new Fossil Flowers in Myanmar

The palaeontologists recently discovered two fossil flowers in Myanmar. The flowers lived by the end of Cretaceous period. They are some 100 million years old. The two flowers...

February 3, 2022

Earth Trojan Asteroid

The Trojan asteroids are those asteroids that share a common orbit with a planet in the solar system. These rocks circle the same star as that of the...

February 3, 2022

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