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TopicSolar System

Topic: Solar System

Comet that launched a thousand conspiracy theories: Why the mysterious 3I/ATLAS has astronomers excited

3I/ATLAS will be visible to ground telescopes through September, after which it will pass too close to the Sun to observe, according to NASA. It will reappear by early December.

A rectangular telescope in space? US study says it may be the best bet to find life beyond Earth

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

It’s official: New object zipping through our solar system is the 3rd known interstellar visitor

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

Astronomers witness Sun-like star ‘swallow a planet’ for 1st time, confirming Earth’s fate in 5 bn yrs

Lead author of the study, conducted by researchers at MIT in collaboration with Harvard and Caltech, and published in Nature, says the discovery tells us 'where we are going'.

Huge Tonga volcanic eruption this year led to bloom of microscopic marine life, find scientists

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

A mission to Uranus would be expensive, time-consuming but worth it

Scientists have confirmed over 5,000 planets orbiting stars in other parts of the galaxy. Lack of knowledge about Uranus & Neptune is a limiting factor in understanding planetary science.

Astronomers discover first planet that survived its star’s death, still orbits white dwarf

The planet, situated 6,500 light years away, is like Jupiter in size and relative location. The discovery indicates that some of our solar system's planets could survive the death of the Sun.

Asteroid with shortest orbital period in solar system spotted & human DNA from 7,200 years ago

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

For the first time, scientists ‘see’ black holes swallowing neutron stars

Team of international scientists, including those from India, confirms detecting collisions between black holes and neutron stars by analysing gravitational waves created in January 2020.

Red star Betelgeuse, one of the brightest, not going supernova soon. It just coughed up dust

The bright red star underwent a Great Dimming in 2019-20, prompting some astronomers to speculate if it would go supernova. Findings help us understand giant stars better.

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.