ISRO payload aces its performance check with observation of supernova remnantISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation, announced on Thursday that a payload on its recently-launched mission has successfully captur...
12 Jan, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
XPoSat captures first light from supernova remnantLaunched on January 1, XPoSat carries two co-aligned instruments, POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) and X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timin...
11 Jan, 2024, 07.50 PM IST
Isro's new year plans take off with polarimetry satellite launchThe 25-hour countdown for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-DL (PSLV-DL) commenced smoothly at 8:10 a.m. on Sunday, accordin...
02 Jan, 2024, 12.35 AM IST
Isro launches India’s first dedicated polarimetry missionThe Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday placed an X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) in an orbit 650 km from Earth, in a ...
01 Jan, 2024, 08.04 PM IST
Isro’s XPoSat to lift off today to study X-rays' sourcesThe satellite will seek to understand the sources of x-rays and study blackholes. The satellite is set for launch on board the Polar Satell...
01 Jan, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
ISRO to usher in 2024 with launch of dedicated scientific satellite to study black holesThe launch comes after the success of its Gaganyaan Test Vehicle D1 mission in October. The PSLV-C58 rocket, in its 60th mission, would car...
31 Dec, 2023, 12.39 PM IST
Prolonged regulatory approval processes in UK impact India's medical devices exports to Britain: GTRIIndia's medical device exports to the UK are impacted by prolonged regulatory approval processes, according to think tank GTRI. To promote ...
22 Nov, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Pragyan rover has done what it was expected to do: ISRO chiefThe Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has stated that the Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission has fulfi...
28 Sep, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
After moon mission, ISRO eyes dying stars, Venus, exo-planets: S SomanathThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced its plans to explore dying stars, exo-planets, and Venus. ISRO aims to launch t...
28 Sep, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
A packed launch schedule for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 missionThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has a busy schedule ahead, including the launch of a mission to study the Sun, a climate obse...
23 Aug, 2023, 07.24 PM IST
ISRO has a busy 2023 as it sets its sights on the sunThe calendar year 2023 is a busy one for the Indian space agency launching rockets and satellites as well as testing various systems to pow...
23 Jul, 2023, 08.35 PM IST
Preparing mission to study the Sun through Aditya-L1 mission: ISRO ChairmanThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is readying its first dedicated polarimetry mission, the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)...
20 Jul, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
After Mars, Venus on Isro’s planetary travel listVenus is considered to be earth's 'twin sister' because of its similarities in mass, size, composition, density and gravity.
18 May, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
NASA's flying observatory to explore Saturn's moonThis will be the fourth year of full operations for Sofia, with observations planned between February 2018 and January 2019, the US space a...
30 Dec, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
Fast spinning star confirms Indian Nobel Laureate's theoryIn 1946, Chandrasekhar predicted the emission of polarised light from the edges of stars, prompting the development of sensitive instrument...
19 Sep, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
- Researchers see rapidly spinning star emitting polarised light
Sydney, Sep 19 (IANS) More than 70 years after Indian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar first predicted the emis...
19 Sep, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Infosys Foundation announces Rs6.5 crore endowment to the Inter-University Center of Astronomy and AstrophysicsThe IUCAA is an autonomous institution set up by the UGC to promote the nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysic...
10 Nov, 2016, 01.49 PM IST