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ISRO ,India Launches 11 Rockets to Study Solar Eclipse

The longest annular solar eclipse of this millennium occurred on January 15, 2010. The eclipse was well visible in the southern parts of the India. On this unique occasion, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram successfully launched a total of … Continue reading

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Pulsars May Make ‘Galactic GPS’ Possible

A pulsar is the rapidly spinning and highly magnetized core left behind when a massive star explodes. Because only rotation powers their intense gamma-ray, radio and particle emissions, pulsars gradually slow as they age. But the oldest pulsars spin hundreds … Continue reading

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Proplyds in the Orion Nebula

A collection of 30 never-before-released images of embryonic planetary systems in the Orion Nebula are the highlight of the longest single Hubble Space Telescope project ever dedicated to the topic of star and planet formation. Also known as proplyds, or … Continue reading

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Herschel Space Telescope Uncovers Sources of Cosmic Infrared Background

A weak cosmic infrared radiation field that reaches Earth from all directions contains not yet deciphered messages about the evolution of galaxies. Using first observations with the PACS Instrument on board ESA’s Herschel Space Telescope, scientists from the Max Planck … Continue reading

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