Geomagnetism Current Affairs, GK & News
World Largest Telescope to have IT controls built in India
The square kilometre array also called the SKA, an international initiative building the world’s largest radio telescope is to have control systems designed and built by Tata Consultancy Services, an IT company based in India. Several other multiple leading Indian scientific Institutions are also contributing to the project under the leadership of TCS. Highlights The National ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: cosmic magnetism • Geomagnetism • Milky Way galaxy • radio signals • Radio telescopes • radio waves • SKA telescope • Tata Consultancy Services • TIFR
Thin band of Anti-protons covers Earth- Study
Recently, a study was published in the ‘Astrophysical Journal Letters’, which has confirmed the theoretical work that predicted the Earth’s magnetic field could trap antimatter. A team of researchers led by the University of Bari, for the first time spotted a thin band of anti-matter particles, called anti-protons, enveloping the Earth. This study says that ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Topics: Antimatter • Baryons • Cosmic ray • Geomagnetism • Natural sciences • Nucleons • Physical sciences • Physics • Solar phenomena • South Atlantic Anomaly • Space plasmas • Van Allen radiation belt