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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Topic: NASA

NASA is recruiting astronauts. And there are two basic requirements to apply

NASA is planning to land the next man and first woman on the moon by 2024.

Great Barrier Reef faces third bleaching event & world’s oldest salamander in Siberia

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA picks 4 finalists for next Discovery missions to Venus, volcanic Io, icy Triton

Of the four finalists, two will be funded to make their mission a reality. The final selection process is expected to take place next year. 

NASA & ESA launch joint Solar Orbiter mission to study Sun’s poles

Aiming to conduct detailed measurements of the Sun’s solar wind, the Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral earlier Monday.

Two satellites missed a close smash in space — but how did we reach this disaster

Collisions in space can be disastrous and can send high-speed debris in all directions. This endangers other satellites, future launches, and especially crewed space missions.

First highest-resolution images of Sun are here, reveal never-seen-before features

Sun’s images captured by Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope located in Hawaii show a desert-like surface divided into discrete gigantic cells, covered with plasma layer.

Damage by earthquake in Puerto Rico visible from space, says NASA

Scientists will study the earthquake’s physical effects on the island recorded by satellites to help authorities identify areas with maximum damage.

Scientists at LIGO detect heaviest binary neutron star merger ever known

With about 3.4 times the mass of the Sun, this source is heavier than any previously known neutron star binary, says astrophysicist & LIGO team member Karan Jani.

Alien life is out there, but our theories are not helping us find it

Recent years have seen changes to our theories about what counts as a biosignature and which planets might be habitable. We must expect the unexpected.

Kiran Bedi tweets ‘NASA’ video claiming the Sun chants Om, but it’s an obvious fake

Video posted by Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Bedi contains commentary which claims Greek philosopher Pythagoras also ‘heard’ these sounds from the Sun. 

On Camera

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

JP Morgan CEO praises ‘tough leader’ Modi — ‘has taken 400 million people out of poverty’

Jamie Dimon also lauded India's Aadhaar recognition system, broad availability of banking services & country's 'unbelievable' education system & infrastructure.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.