Leonid Meteor Showers to reach their peak in India

The Leonid Meteor Showers are to reach their peak in India between November 17, 2020 and November 18, 2020. For the year 2020, these showers are active between November 6 and November 30. What are Leonid Showers? The Leonids emerge from the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The comet takes 33 years to complete one revolution around the ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Comets • Leonids • Meteor showers • NASA • space

NASA takes Chandrayaan’s Water Discovery to a step higher

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA has found the presence of water on the sun lit surface of the Moon. The presence of water was found by the spacecraft SOFIA. Earlier, ISRO Chandrayaan 1 confirmed the presence of water in the shadowed places of moon. Thus, NASA has taken the discovery of water on ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Chandrayaan • Chandrayaan I • Chandrayaan programme • Chandrayaan-1 • ISRO • Moon • NASA • space

NATO to set up new Space Centre in Ramstein, Germany

The North Atlantic Treaty organisation is to setup a new Space Centre in Ramstein, Germany. The centre is to serve as a co-ordination Centre for space observation. Highlights The new Centre will gather information about possible threats to satellites. The centre is to be developed into a command centre of defensive measures in near future. ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs

Topics: China • NATO • North Atlantic • North Atlantic Treaty • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Russia • Satellite • space • Space force

Rajeev Gauba Panel set up to streamline Spectrum Allocation

The Government of India has constituted a panel under the cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba to streamline telecom spectrum allocation. The panel has been constituted with secretaries of railways, defence, home, telecom, department of space and Information and Broadcasting. Highlights The spectrum auction had been held by GoI for six times. They are 2010, 2012-16. However, ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: 5G spectrum • Committees & Panels • Mobile Communication • satellite communication • space • Spectrum

Super Earth Discovered

The Astronomers at the University of Gottingen detected a system of super earth planets. The planets are orbiting a near by star Gliese 887. It is the brightest red dwarf star in the sky. About the discovery The Super earth discovered is close to the habitable zone of the red dwarf. Based on its proximity ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Outer space • Planet • Red dwarf • space • Sun • Super-Earth