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“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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
‘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, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
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. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
NASA decides to launch SPHEREx Mission to investigate origins of our Universe
US space agency NASA has recently unveiled a new space telescope ‘SPHEREx’ that would begin a two-year mission in 2023 to map the entire sky in order to understand the origins of the universe. The acronym SPHEREx stands for ‘Spectro-Photometer ..
Gravitational Lensing
Normal lenses such as the ones used in a magnifying glass or a pair of spectacles bends the light rays that pass through them by refraction and focuses the light somewhere (such as in your eye). Gravitational lensing is among ..
Breakthrough Listen Project (BLP)
BLP is US$100-million global astronomical initiative launched in 2015 by Internet investor Yuri Milner and cosmologist Stephen Hawking. It has teams from around the world to find signs of intelligent life in universe. The 10-year programme aims to survey 1,000,000 ..