Pulsars Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Hum of the Universe?
The Hum of the Universe was recently detected by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav). According to the researchers, the hum was produced by gravitational waves. About the Hum of the Universe The Hum of the Universe comes from a type of dead star called a “Pulsar”. These stars are basically neutron ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Black holes • Gravitational Waves • hum of universe • LIGO • NANOGrav • Neutron stars • Pulsars
Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
After the collapse of the Arecibo Telescope, China is opening its world largest Radio Telescope for international scientists. The World second largest Arecibo Observatory collapsed in Puerto Rico after the 900-tonne receiver platform became loose and plunged 140-metres onto the radio dish below. With this, China recently announced that it is open its world largest ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Arecibo telescope • China • Five Hundred Metre Aperture Telescope • Puerto Rico • Pulsars • Radio telescope
NASA: A Huge X Ray burst detected from outer space
NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) telescope detected a sudden spike of X Rays. The spike was caused by a massive thermo nuclear flash on the surface of a pulsar. Pulsar A Pulsar is a neutron star whose compact core is left behind when a massive star runs out of fuel. It later collapses ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Hydrogen Fuel • NASA • Pulsars • space • Sun • X-ray Pulsar Navigation
Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology (SEXTANT)
NASA has invented a new type of autonomous space navigation that could see human-made spacecraft heading into the far reaches of the Solar System, and even farther – by using pulsars as guide stars. It’s called Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT (named after an 18th century nautical navigation instrument), and it ..
Topics: Astronomy • Millisecond pulsar • Neutron stars • PSR B1937+21 • Pulsars • Radio astronomy • Star types • Stars • Stellar astronomy • X-ray pulsar
China successfully launches pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1
China has successfully launched experimental X-ray pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1. It is the world’s first pulsar navigation satellite or spacecraft. It was launched on board of Long March 11 solid-fuelled rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwest. It was 239th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. Key Features of ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Topics: China • International • Pulsars • Science and Technology • Space technology • X-ray Pulsar Navigation • XPNAV 1