Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a proposed space probe that would demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon for planetary defence purposes. The mission is intended to test whether a spacecraft impact could successfully deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. The goal of this mission... Continue Reading →
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) ,NASA’s & Tejas
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) will monitor more than 200,000 stars for temporary drops in brightness caused by planetary transits. TESS scientists expect the mission will catalog thousands of planet candidates and vastly increase the current number of known exoplanets. Of these, approximately 300 are expected to be Earth-sized and super-Earth-sized exoplanets, which are worlds no... Continue Reading →
Important days – Remembrance of event
National Technology Day : 11st MAY commemorates India’s success in using science and technology to address the challenges facing the country. On 11 May 1998 the Pokhran test was conducted. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared India a full-fledged nuclear state after operation ‘Shakti’ and it made India the 6th country to join the Nuclear Club. On... Continue Reading →
Wisdom IAS 