Mercury Current Affairs, GK & News
GJ 367b: Astronomers discover Ultra Short Planet
The astronomers recently found GJ 367b, a small planet that is circling a dim red dwarf star. The star is 31 light years away from the sun. About GJ 367b The GJ 367b is a rocky planet. It is 70% the size of the earth. And it is 55% the mass of the earth. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Exoplanet • Mercury • Tess
Bepi Colombo Spacecraft reaches Mercury in its journey towards Venus
The BepiColombo Space Craft was launched jointly by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and European Space Agency to planet Mercury. The space craft has now crossed Venus on its way to Mercury. Highlights The mission BepiColombo consists of two satellites launched together. They are Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Magentospheric Orbiter. The two satellites will separate ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ariane 5 • Bepi Colombo • European Space Agency • Interplanetary spaceflight • Mercury • Solar System • Venus
Superconductivity at Room Temperature
Researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc)-Bangalore have reported observing superconductivity at room temperature, in a new composite material made of gold and silver. Superconductivity Superconductivity is defined as a phenomenon in which the electrical resistivity suddenly drops to zero at its transition temperature. The phenomenon was first discovered in 1911 in mercury (Hg). Electricity ..
Topics: Bengaluru • Electrons • Gold • IISc • Mercury • Resistance • Silver • Superconductivity
BepiColombo completes its near Earth commissioning phase
The ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) BepiColombo mission has successfully completed a series of test. It has completed its near-Earth commissioning phase and is now ready for the operations that will take place during the cruise and, eventually, for its scientific investigations at Mercury. It is a joint mission of ..
Topics: Astronomy • BepiColombo • European Space Agency • Exploration of Mercury • Flight • Hayabusa Mk2 • JAXA • Mercury • Missions to Mercury • Outer space • Space exploration
Insight Mars lander detects likely Marsquake
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) InSight lander spacecraft has detected what’s believed to be a “marsquake” on the Red Planet. NASA scientists are still working to confirm the source of the faint trembling. Scientists believe the trembling may not be due to wind or movement of the lander’s robotic arm but from below the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Core • crust • Earth • Exoplanets • InSight lander spacecraft • Mantle • Mars • marsquake • Mercury • NASA • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Red Planet • Venus
BepiColombo Ready for Long Cruise to Mercury
The European Space Agency (ESA) – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s BepiColombo mission has successfully completed a series of tests and has completed its near-Earth commissioning phase. The BepiColombo mission is now ready for the operations that will take place during the cruise and, eventually, for its scientific investigations at Mercury. About the Mission BepiColombo is ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: BepiColombo mission • ESA • European Space Agency • JAXA • Mercury • Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter • Mercury Planetary Orbiter • Venus