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TRAPPIST-1 system
TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star in the Aquarius constellation. About TRAPPIST-1 TRAPPIST-1 was earlier known as 2MASS J23062928–0502285 or K2-112, because it was spotted with the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). It was discovered in 1999 by astronomer John Gizis. It is older than the solar system, as it is 7.6 billion years old. Its ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: James Webb • NASA • Planets • TRAPPIST-1
ISRO MOM Study: Mars losing its atmosphere at faster rate than the earth
The ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has found that Mars is losing its atmosphere to outer space at faster rate as compared to that of the earth. The report comes based on the study conducted by MOM and the MAVEN orbiter of the US. Highlights A global dust storm began to encircle the planet Mars ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Atmosphere • Mars • Mars Orbiter Mission • MAVEN • Planets • Space exploration
TESS Mission discovers new Alien Worlds
NASA has detected three new planets in a nearby star system. These 3 planets – one slightly larger than Earth and two new planets – which are not similar to those found in the solar system. These planets fall in a varied gap of sizes of several planets and space researchers anticipate that these planets ..
Topics: James Webb Space Telescope • Planets • Rocket launch • Space Telescope • Tess
NASA Curiosity rover touches Mars
A robot rover “Curiosity” launched by US space agency NASA successfully landed on Mars. The rover landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. What is Curiosity? · It is a robot rover which is currently exploring Mars. · Currently exploring Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. · It will examine ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: Aeolis Palus • Aeolis quadrangle • Curiosity • Gale • Mars • Mars landing • Mars rovers • Mars Science Laboratory • Planets • Rover • Water on Mars
Presence of Salty Water on Mars
Recently, the high-resolution photographs taken by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (Landed Mars in 2006) show fingerlike streaks up to five yards wide that appear on some steep slopes in the planet’s late spring. The observations show that these streaks grow and shift through summer, reaching hundreds of yards in length before they fade in winter. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Topics: Arabia quadrangle • Astronomical objects • Dark slope streak • Mars • Planetary science • Planets • Water on Mars