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Aditya-L1 successfully undergoes second earth-bound manoeuvre: ISRO

September 5, 2023 admin

Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun underwent the second earth-bound manoeuvre successfully, during the early hours on Tuesday, ISRO said. ISRO’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) carried out the operation. “The second Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISTRAC/ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port Blair…

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Aditya-L1: its functioning and purpose

September 4, 2023 admin

Aditya L1 will function as a space weather station. Understanding space weather is an international issue, and the data from the spacecraft will aid in making models and predicting storms in advance Source link

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Bottleneck in human evolution explained using a novel genomic analysis technique

September 4, 2023 admin

A novel genomic analysis technique has helped reveal the reasons for a ‘bottleneck’ in the growth of the human population that almost wiped out the chance for humankind as it exists today. | Photo Credit: AFP A novel genomic analysis technique has helped reveal the reasons for a ‘bottleneck’ in the growth of the human…

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After Pragyan, lander Vikram also put in sleep mode

September 4, 2023 admin

Image of Vikram lander released by Indian Space Research Organisation. File | Photo Credit: ANI After the Chandrayaan-3’s rover Pragyan, the lander Vikram has been put into sleep mode. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said that it had put Vikram into sleep mode around 8 a.m. “Vikram Lander is set into sleep…

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Indonesia’s low-cost watch on antimicrobial resistance

September 4, 2023 admin

Indonesian researchers have tested a cheaper way of monitoring antimicrobial resistance that could be a key tool for developing countries. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Indonesian researchers have tested a cheaper way of monitoring antimicrobial resistance that could be a key tool for developing countries. Indonesian researchers have tested a cost-effective, relatively…

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Vikram lander makes soft-landing on Moon again, successfully undergoes hop test: ISRO

September 4, 2023 admin

File picture of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander | Photo Credit: ISRO ISRO on Monday said the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 successfully underwent a hop test when it made the soft-landing again on the lunar surface. On command it (Vikram lander) fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a…

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Crocodiles yield to flower power, study finds

September 4, 2023 admin

Muggers or Indian marsh crocodiles at the Savitri River in Maharashtra | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Flowers of a specific kind enchant the mugger or Indian marsh crocodile, “underestimated” like all other reptiles because of the small size and simple structure of their brain, a new study has found. Observing the muggers (Crocodylus palustris) of Savitri…

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Scientists test menstrual products with blood for the first time, and find surprises

September 3, 2023 admin

Blood really is thicker than water – yet makers of menstrual products have traditionally used saline to estimate how much liquid they can hold. The capacity to absorb of traditional menstrual products is a common way to measure the amount of blood lost. Clinicians use it to diagnose heavy menstrual bleeding, which affects roughly a…

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Science This Week | India launches Aditya-L1 to study the sun, Pragyan safely parked and more

September 3, 2023 admin

Aditya L1, India’s first ever solar mission, was launched by the ISRO on Saturday at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikotta in Andhra Pradesh. The spacecraft will be positioned within a ‘haloo orbit’ around Lagrange point 1 (L1) in the Sun-Earth system, located approximately 1.5 million km away from Earth. Study will be conducted of Chromospheric and coronal heating,…

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ISRO conducts first Earth-bound manoeuvre of Aditya-L1

September 3, 2023 admin

ISRO said the satellite is healthy and operating nominally. | Photo Credit: X/@isro A day after India’s first solar observatory mission which was launched, the first Earth-bound firing to raise the orbit of the Aditya-L1, was performed on Sunday. The ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network Work (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru performed the manoeuvre. The space agency said the…

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