Category Archives: Space

India Gets to Mars on the First Try – MOM’s the Word(link)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Dear Readers A fellow blogger has written a very good post on India’s Mars Mission and commented on my previous post. Here I am giving a brief introduction of the post and a link to the post.Please read in the … Continue reading →

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PSLV C-23 launched with 5 satellites Including Spot 7

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

India  successfully launched five foreign satellites from four countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket which placed them in orbit. Besides its primary payload of 714 kg French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7, PSLV C23 carried and placed in orbit 14 kg AISAT … Continue reading →

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Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have seen an exoplanet.The planet, known as HD 189733b, is a hot Jupiter, meaning it is similar in … Continue reading →

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Moon Contains Water and Primitive Meteorites were Common Water Source for Moon and Earth

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Scientists opined that the Moon’s water did not come from comets but was already present on Earth 4.5 billion years ago, when a giant collision sent material from Earth to form the Moon. Water inside the Moon’s mantle came from … Continue reading →

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