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Tsar Icicle
The Tsar Icicle recently collapsed killing four tourists in Russia. What is Tsar Icicle? The Vilyuchinsky waterfall in winter is called Tsar Icicle. The Vilyuchinsky waterfall lies in Kamchatka peninsula. It is home to more than one hundred and sixty volcanoes. Of these twenty-nine are still active. Many of these volcanoes are capped with glaciers. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Glaciers • Natural Disasters • Nuclear Submarines • Pacific Ring of Fire • Ring of Fire • Russia • Tsar icicle • Venus
Bepi Colombo Spacecraft reaches Mercury in its journey towards Venus
The BepiColombo Space Craft was launched jointly by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and European Space Agency to planet Mercury. The space craft has now crossed Venus on its way to Mercury. Highlights The mission BepiColombo consists of two satellites launched together. They are Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Magentospheric Orbiter. The two satellites will separate ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ariane 5 • Bepi Colombo • European Space Agency • Interplanetary spaceflight • Japan Space Agency • Mercury • Solar System • Venus
SHUKRAYAAN: ISRO to launch Venus Mission in 2025
On September 30, 2020, the French Space Agency CNES announced that it is to participate in ISRO’s Venus Mission, SHUKRAYAAN that is to be launched in 2025. The ISRO chairman and his French Counter held talks to review the areas of cooperation between the countries. Highlights VIRAL is Venus Infrared Atmospheric Gases Linker instrument that ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: European Space Agency • India-France • ISRO • phosphine • Planetary system • Shukrayaan • Space Missions • Venus
Scientists Found Life Harbouring Gas on Venus
Recently, a team of experts while observing the Venus found that the atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas. Phosphine gas is associated with the living organisms which on Earth. The team used telescopes in Hawaii and Chile’s Atacama Desert in order to observe upper cloud deck of Venus which is around 60 km ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Planets of the Solar System • Solar System • Venus
Insight Mars lander detects likely Marsquake
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) InSight lander spacecraft has detected what’s believed to be a “marsquake” on the Red Planet. NASA scientists are still working to confirm the source of the faint trembling. Scientists believe the trembling may not be due to wind or movement of the lander’s robotic arm but from below the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Core • crust • Earth • Exoplanets • InSight lander spacecraft • Mantle • Mars • marsquake • Mercury • NASA • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Red Planet • Venus