'Sun's halo’ witnessed in Hyderabad, see stunning photos of rare event
Hyderabad witnesses rare '22 degree Sun's halo’ phenomenon on Wednesday morning. The rare optical and atmospheric phenomenon takes place due to the dispersion of light and is called ‘22 degree circular halo' as a ring with an apparent radius of approximately 22° around the Sun or Moon. People took to social media to report the marvellous event as the ‘halo’ appeared around the sun.
Jun 02, 2021, 17:59 PM IST
Hyderabad witnesses rare '22 degree Sun's halo’ phenomenon, here's what it means
The rare optical and atmospheric phenomenon takes place due to the dispersion of light is called ‘22 degree circular halo' as a ring with an apparent radius of approximately 22° around the Sun or Moon.
Jun 02, 2021, 17:14 PM IST
Solar system have more than 180 moons
पृथ्वी के पास एक चांद है जो बेहद खूबसूरत है लेकिन पूरे सौर्यमंडल में 180 से ज्यादा चांद हैं.
Mar 26, 2021, 14:44 PM IST
Curious about how sunrise and sunset will look from space? Well, feast your eyes here
Have you ever thought how the same Sun would look when you are not on Earth?
Jan 16, 2021, 17:20 PM IST
NASA approves 2 missions to explore Sun, Earth's aurora
NASA has approved two missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth.
Dec 30, 2020, 15:18 PM IST
Indian-origin chemist Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy finds new clue to how life began on Earth
Adding a fresh viewpoint to the origin of life on Earth, an Indian-origin researcher Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy from Scripps Research in California have made a discovery that a DNA-RNA mix began the first life form on our planet.
Dec 29, 2020, 13:54 PM IST
NASA shares view from space: Bright city lights of New Delhi, snow-covered Himalayas
NASA has shared a breathtaking picture of the Earth as seen from space.
Dec 16, 2020, 17:26 PM IST
Object temporarily orbiting Earth is not an asteroid; here is what NASA says
Scientists collected data using Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and orbit analysis from CNEOS at NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to confirm that Near-Earth Object (NEO) 2020 SO is not an asteroid.
Dec 05, 2020, 17:29 PM IST
Earth just got 2000 light-years closer to supermassive black hole in the centre of our galaxy
Did you know that Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy?
Dec 02, 2020, 00:44 AM IST
Earth had a minimoon for around 3 years before it drifted away few months ago
The minimoon has now drifted away but astronomers said that more such minimoons will be found orbiting Earth in the future.
Nov 25, 2020, 10:31 AM IST
Asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa to fly by earth at 56,000mph on November 29
NASA has confirmed that the asteroid named 153201 2000 WO107, will barrel past Earth on Sunday, November 29 and is currently speeding though space at a whopping 56,000mph.
Nov 24, 2020, 10:26 AM IST
In a first, NASA gets ready to bring rock samples from this planet to Earth
NASA had launched its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in July and the rover is now more than halfway to the planet.
Nov 14, 2020, 20:51 PM IST
Asteroid, size of a Boeing-747, heading towards Earth
According to asteroid monitoring centre of NASA, the asteroid named 2020 RK2 is expected to cross the Earth's orbit.
Oct 06, 2020, 18:38 PM IST
Asteroid, the size of a Boeing-747, may collide with Earth's orbit on October 7, but here's the good news
World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid may collide with the Earth's orbit on Wednesday (October 7). According to asteroid monitoring centre of NASA, the asteroid named 2020 RK2 is expected to cross the Earth's orbit but it will be about 2,380,000 miles away from our planet.
Oct 06, 2020, 08:32 AM IST
School bus-sized asteroid to fly past Earth on September 24, but here's the good news
World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, roughly the size of a school bus, is set to zoom past Earth on Thursday (September 24) at a distance of about 22,000 kilometres above the surface of earth.
Sep 24, 2020, 12:43 PM IST
India has 49 satellites in Earth's orbit, four more ready for launch, says senior ISRO official
India currently has 49 satellites serving various applications in Earth’s orbit and four more are ready for launch in 2020. Dr. P Kunhikrishnan, Director of ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre said on Friday. The Bengaluru-based facility is responsible for building India’s satellites and all associated technologies.
Sep 18, 2020, 15:14 PM IST
Asteroid twice the size of Pyramid of Giza to fly past Earth on September 6, but here's the good news
World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, twice as big as famous Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would cross Earth's orbit on Sunday (September 6). The diameter of the asteroid named 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to be between 120 m and 270 m.
Sep 06, 2020, 10:59 AM IST
NASA congratulates Indian astronomers on discovery of Star Galaxy
A day after the Indian astronomers discovered one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) congratulated Indian astronomers on the discovery.
Sep 02, 2020, 06:54 AM IST
Indian astronomers detect extreme-UV light from galaxy located 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth
The galaxy called AUDFs01 was discovered by a team of Astronomers led by Dr Kanak Saha from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics(IUCAA) Pune.
Sep 01, 2020, 20:18 PM IST
Earth may have been wet ever since its formation, claims new study
A new study has suggested that the earth`s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system when the planet was formed. The findings of this study are published in the journal Science. It is to be noted that it is widely believed that building blocks of planet earth are presumed to be dry.
Aug 31, 2020, 14:19 PM IST
