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 Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). It creates high-resolution images by combining the signals of 36 smaller dish antennas. Recently, this telescope had helped map around 300 million galaxies in approximately 300 hours to create a ‘new atlas of ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Astronomy • Australia • Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder • Galaxy • Telescope

India’s ASTROSAT completes five successful years of mapping stars

The ASTROSAT was the first multi-wavelength satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It was launched on September 28, 2015. It has now completed five years of successful imaging of celestial objects. Highlights The ASTROSAT explored stars, star clusters and mapped large and small galaxies of Milky Way galaxy called “Magellanic Clouds”. The Magellanic ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Astrosat • AstroSat-2 • Galaxy • ISRO • NASA

“Feathered Spiral Galaxy” discovered by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope of NASA recently identified a feathered spiral galaxy. The galaxy is located 67 million light years away. About the Galaxy The Galaxy has a spiral pattern and feathery nature. The galaxy has been classified as flocculent or fluffy looking. The spiral arms in the galaxy indicate that it hasn’t formed any ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Galaxy • Hubble Space Telescope • NASA • Outer space • Space Telescope • Telescope

‘EGS77’ Farthest Galaxy Group Identified to date

The 235th meeting of the American Astronomical Society was conducted on Sunday, 5th January 2020 at Honolulu during which an international team of Astronomers funded in parts by the independent agency responsible for civilian space program in the United States, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) presented the findings of the farthest galaxy group ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: American Astronomical Society • EGS77 • Galaxy • NASA • United States

What is Cosmic Yeti?

Scientists have accidentally discovered ‘the footprints a monstrous galaxy’ being called as ‘Cosmic Yeti’ in early universe that has never been seen before. The discovery provides new insights into the first growing steps of some of biggest galaxies in universe. The astronomical findings were published in Astrophysical Journal. Why the name? The scientists have equated ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Astronomical Discovery • Atacama Large Millimeter Array • Cosmic Yeti • Galaxy • Milky Way