Project NETRA: ISRO Signs pact to set up optical Telescope

The Indian Space Research Organization signed a pact with Indian Institute of Astrophysics to establish an optical telescope under “Project NETRA”. The organisation also tied up with NIT-Karnataka to set up a regional academic centre for space to promote research and development. Project NETRA Project NETRA was launched by ISRO in September 2019. Under the ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: DRDO • Indian satellites • ISRO • NETRA • Satellites • Space Debris • Space Mission • Space Sector

GJ 357 d: NASA’s TESS discovers 1st nearby super-earth

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has discovered GJ 357 d, a super-Earth planet located 31 light years away from our own solar system. Researchers claim that it is the first nearby “super-Earth” planet that could possibly support life as it orbit within its star’s “habitable zone or Goldilocks Zone”. About GJ 357 d ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Exoplanet • GJ 357 d • Goldilocks Zone • NASA • Solar System • Space Mission • Super-Earth • TESS Satellite