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Russian Lunar Lander Luna 25 Crashes on Moon’s Surface

Russia’s lunar lander mission, Luna 25, which aimed to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslawsky...

📅 August 20, 2023

AI used to reveal Actual Shape of the Universe

Japanese astronomers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technique which will help in removing noise in astronomical data...

📅 July 6, 2021

Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Key Facts

Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a new type of radio telescope developed by Commonwealth Scientific and...

📅 December 2, 2020

Union Cabinet: MoU between India and Spain in Astronomy approved

On November 4, 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between...

📅 November 4, 2020

May 2: International Astronomy Day

Every year, International Astronomy Day is celebrated twice a year. Once on September 26 and other on May...

📅 May 2, 2020

Super-luminous Supernova

Researchers at the ARIES have discovered that the SN 2010kd- a super-luminous supernova exploded rapidly but decayed slowly...

📅 April 24, 2020

Orbital Resonance

Scientists have discovered that the planets surrounding the HD 158259 star are in an almost perfect orbital harmony....

📅 April 24, 2020

Parker Solar Probes sends back first observations

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent back its first observations to the earth for scientists to decode the...

📅 December 5, 2019

NASA’s New Horizons mission gets a brand-new name “Arrokoth”

The International Astronomical Union and Minor Planets Center, the global body for naming Kuiper Belt objects, has finally...

📅 November 14, 2019

NASA to send a new VIPER Lunar Rover to map water ice on Moon

To explore the moon’s mysterious South Pole, NASA is sending a new VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)...

📅 October 29, 2019

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