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Daily quiz | On asteroid names Professor Jayant Murthy, former acting director of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | In the inner region of the asteroid belt lies an asteroid about 10 km wide, discovered by astronomer Martin Watt in 1982. It is an extremely slow rotator with a…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of our Milky Way black hole released in 2022, has captured a new view of the massive object at the centre of our Galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a…
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Cosmologist and astrophysicist Royal Martin Rees at the Commonwealth Science Conference in Bengaluru on November 26, 2014. Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash/The Hindu | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash/The Hindu Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said sending people into space when robots could do the job just as effectively was a waste of public money, and…
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About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded and sent elements representing the building blocks of life racing through space. Image for Represented. | Photo Credit: Reuters About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded and sent elements representing…
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A view of the vessel MV Dali under a collapsed portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, March 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On March 26, a container vessel ran into the pillar of a bridge on the Patapsco River in Baltimore, bringing a part of the structure crashing down…
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The Kashmir Himalaya is known for the cultivation of mushk budiji, an indigenous rice variety distinguished for its rich aroma and unique taste. Recently, scientists at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Srinagar, reported that altitude and temperature play an important role in the development of this aroma. In a study recently…
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This file photo taken on July 19, 2002, shows a kangaroo standing next to a waterhole on a station near White Cliffs, an Outback area in the state of New South Wales, Australia. | Photo Credit: AFP Australia’s carbon credit scheme was undermined by damning new research on March 27, which found a world-leading reforestation…
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Anger is a common emotion with potentially destructive consequences. From physical confrontations to road rage incidents, anger is widely seen as a problem and an emotion that people should try to rein in. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Some commonly recommended tactics for managing anger, including hitting a punching bag, jogging and cycling, aren’t effective at…
Questions: 1. When a smooth circular object is placed in the path of light, its shadow behind will be dark except for a small bright spot at the centre. What is the spot called? Its discovery in 1818 was a strong indicator that light behaves like a wave. 2. Backed by discoveries like those in…
The training modules will comprise introductory level topics on various verticals of space science and technology. | Photo Credit: Visual Generation Inc. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will conduct the Space science and Technology Awareness Training (START) 2024 programme during April and May. In this connection, ISRO solicits Expression of Interest (EOI) to host…