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India’s Astrosat and NASA’s Chandra co-discover a rapidly spinning black hole
How to determine how fast a black hole is spinning? Its X-ray outbursts will tell you.
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By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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Underground lava tubes on the Moon
A pit in Marius Hills.
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Can there be a galactic empire?
Are galactic empires akin to ones in Star Wars and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation possible?
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From Hipparchus to Gaia, the story of finding our place among billions of stars
Although astrometry is over 2,200 years old, it wasn't until 1807 when we truly realized just how far away stars really were.
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Chang’e 4 landing site
The ancient Von Kármán crater on the Moon's farside.
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How Chandrayaan 1 viewed a solar eclipse from the Moon
Behind the scenes of India’s first lunar mission.
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Mountain in a crater! – Tycho
The spectacular peak at the center of young crater on the Moon.
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Where does India’s first exoplanet discovery fit in?
K2–236b was discovered through a global, collaborative effort and can’t be celebrated as a completely indigenous one.
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A mission to touch the Sun, with the fastest spacecraft in history
New York to Tokyo in less than a minute, that’s how fast NASA’s Parker Solar Probe can go.
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How spacecraft are protected in space from extreme temperatures
A look at multi-layer insulation.
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How SpaceX's Falcon Heavy could enable fantastic science in the outer solar system
Easing access to Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and beyond.
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Don’t judge a white dwarf by its size; it can pack the mass of our Sun in the size of Earth
An overview of white dwarf stars, their various forms and value to science.