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Half-way through, NCAP shows sign of hope
Even as air pollution remains mostly urban centric, studies have well established the regional scale pollution is more concentrated in the Indo-Gangetic plains because of the peculiar meteorology and also in more industrialised states. Apart from Delhi-NCR, there are scores of other polluted cities across India that too need attention and the NCAP by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) does that.
Indian researchers discover 3 supermassive black holes
The rare occurrence in the nearby universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal laboratories to detect multiple accreting supermassive black holes and increases the possibility of detecting such occurrences.
Supermassive black holes are difficult to detect because they do not emit any light, but can reveal their presence by interacting with their surroundings.
New habitable exoplanets to boost search for life out of Solar System
Dubbed as 'Hycean' -- hot, ocean-covered planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres, the new class of exoplanets are more numerous and observable than Earth-like planets, and can support life, said astronomers from the University of Cambridge in the UK. The results, reported in The Astrophysical Journal, could mean that finding biosignatures of life outside our Solar System .
China's Mars rover accomplishes planned exploration tasks
As of August 15, Zhurong had worked on the surface of Mars for 90 Martian days, or about 92 days on Earth, with all scientific payloads having started to work on detection tasks, the Xinhua news agency quoted the China National Space Administration (CNSA) as saying. The CNSA added that the rover will continue to move to the boundary zone between the ancient sea and the ancient land in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, and will carry out additional tasks.
Scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on Moon
Asteroid impacts and solar radiation affect the moon in unique ways because it lacks the protective magnetic field and atmosphere that protect us here on Earth. Both asteroids and solar radiation break down lunar rocks and soil, forming iron nanoparticles (some smaller, some larger) that are detectable from instruments on satellites orbiting the moon.
NASA's Mars rover set for 2nd attempt to pick up a rock sample
The rover will drive to a new location called Citadelle for a second shot at picking up its first rock sample. "This time, to make sure a sample is actually collected, engineers will wait for images of the sample tube to come back before it gets processed and stowed inside the rover's belly," reports The Verge. "The rock simply wasn't our kind of rock,".
NASA team develops technique to protect ISS from radiation risk
Space radiation originates from three primary sources: particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field, particles shot into space during solar flares, and galactic cosmic rays, which originate outside our solar system. Published in the journal Nature-Scientific Reports, results from an ISS Medical Monitoring study of International Space Station astronauts demonstrate how the sensitivity of an individual astronaut's DNA to radiation exposure on Earth can predict their DNA's response during spaceflight as measured by changes to their chromosomes.
First in India: Researchers evolve pollen calendar for Chandigarh
Pollen is released by plants, making millions of people suffer from hay fever, pollinosis and allergic rhinitis. The group of scientists from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Panjab University, both in Chandigarh, has explored the main pollen seasons, their intensities, variations and aerobiologically significant pollen types in Chandigarh.
NASA's Ingenuity honoured for history-making flights on Mars
The prestigious honour recognises the pioneering rotorcraft for its history-making flights on the Red Planet, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday. When the 1.8 kilogram rotorcraft hovered on Mars for 39.1 seconds on April 19, 2021, it was the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet a true Wright brothers moment.
Countdown begins for India to open its sky eye GISAT-1
The 51.70 metre tall weighing 416 ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle -F10 (GSLV-F10) is scheduled to blast off from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday at 5.43 a.m. The rocket will be carrying the 2,268 kg earth observation satellite (EOS-03) or GISAT-1 and just over 18 minutes into its flight, the satellite will be placed at the geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).
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