A Visitor from the Edge- A New Oort-Cloud Wonder Above our Skies Written by Dr. Sharanu, Assistant Professor- Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, Mumbai-India Contents Comets are icy bodies…
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What Happens on the Moon’s Surface When Something Jumps? Chandrayaan-3 Reveals the Truth
Written by Dr. Ananyo Bhattacharya, Research Fellow at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , USA Have you ever wondered what would happen if someone jumped on the Moon’s surface? Would a cloud of…
The Greatest Battle Fought by the Lunar Ionosphere: Chandrayaan-3 Results
The instruments onboard Chandrayaan-3’s lander have provided the first-ever direct measurements of high plasma density near the Moon’s (/Lunar) surface, close to the south pole. This finding strongly supports the…
ITD Method: A new lens to investigate the planetary ionosphere
“This article presents a recent advancement in planetary science that redefines how we interpret radio signals from space. Researchers developed a novel algorithm, the Integrated TEC Decomposition (ITD) method, that…
What fuels the solar wind particles on their way to the Earth and beyond?
Written by Dr. Shirsh Lata Soni, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Iowa, IA, USA A wind that never stops… We know the Sun is the main source of energy…
From Sci-Fi to Reality: Have We Just Found Signs of Alien Life?
We have been fascinated by the idea of life beyond Earth and the possible war between humans and aliens in various Sci-Fi movies and TV series. But a persistent question still remains:
Do living organisms exist beyond Earth?
This question has haunted human imagination for centuries. From ancient scripts to modern science fiction, the idea that life may exist elsewhere in the cosmos has inspired countless philosophical and scientific theories. However, advancements in fundamental science and observational tools over the past few decades have allowed us to thoroughly investigate those possibilities.
Understanding CMEs Collisions: A Key to Protecting Earth from Future Solar Storms
As we all know, the Sun is the primary source of energy that supports life on our planet, and this energy reaches us in the form of solar radiation. In addition to this, the Sun also occasionally releases massive bursts of charged particles (mainly electrons and protons) into space, accompanied by powerful magnetic field lines. These spectacular outbursts are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). These energetic particles are like bullets, if they were to reach us directly, they could damage our cells, increase the risk of cancer, and even alter human and animal DNA.
New Breakthrough on Solar Wind Unveiled by India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)!
You may wonder that based on their limited observation, in the early days, people thought the Sun had an atmosphere, like Earth, experiencing seasons and even forming clouds. These clouds were thought to be responsible for the dark spots observed on the Sun’s surface (now the same is known the sunspot, a dark spot appears on the sun’s surface due to low temperature region).
Chandrayaan-3 Offers Groundbreaking Findings on Water Ice Retention on the Moon
ChaSTE measurements have indicated that there is an impact of local topography on the temperature. The lunar surface temperatures show a significant spatial variability at metre scales at high latitudes, unlike at the equatorial regions, indicating towards the possible presence of widespread water-ice within the shallow subsurface of , even at high latitudes.
The Moon’s Magnetic Mystery: Chandrayaan-2 Just Changed Everything We Knew
A new study based on radio signal analysis of the Chandrayaan-2 (CH-2) orbiter, has yielded surprising information regarding the Moon’s ionosphere. The study reveals that the moon’s ionosphere exhibits unexpectedly high electron densities when it enters the Earth’s geomagnetic tail, which could be explained only by the presence of a lunar crustal magnetic field.