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Solar Shooting Stars

The Sun, with its mesmerizing features and celestial phenomena, continues to fascinate scientists. Among these captivating phenomena are...

📅 July 6, 2023

Root Mean Square Granulation Contrast

A pioneering metric has been proposed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) to assess the...

📅 May 22, 2023

“Coronal holes” Phenomenon on the Sun

An image of coronal holes was shared by NASA recently. What are coronal holes? Coronal holes are regions...

📅 November 2, 2022

ESA Vigil

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Vigil mission, formerly known as Lagrange, is a planned solar weather mission. Under...

📅 March 11, 2022

Parker Solar Probe: Detected radio signal from Venus

The NASA Spacecraft Parker Solar Probe has discovered a natural radio signal from Venus. These signals were detected...

📅 May 5, 2021

Aditya-L1 Support Cell (AL1SC)- Key Facts

A Community Service Centre has been set up on board India’s first dedicated Solar Space Mission. The centre...

📅 April 27, 2021

Super Earth Discovered

The Astronomers at the University of Gottingen detected a system of super earth planets. The planets are orbiting...

📅 June 27, 2020

Solar Eclipse in India

The Earth is to witness an annular solar eclipse on June 21, 2020. The eclipse is to be...

📅 June 17, 2020

Existence of Earth like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri confirmed

On May 30, 2020, the international team of scientists confirmed the existence of the planet that is of...

📅 May 31, 2020

Sun has entered into deepest period of Sunshine Recession

The sun has reached into a state of ‘solar minimum’. It has been more than 100 days since...

📅 May 20, 2020

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