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Euclid observes core of Milky Way ahead of Roman
52+ min ago (262+ words) News9live New Delhi: The Euclid Space Telescope of the European Space Agency (ESA) has completed an unprecedented one-day detour from its primary cosmological survey to image the crowded centre of the Milky Way Galaxy Conducted in March 2025, this single-day observation captured…...
NASA continues to use Apollo Programme training grounds to prepare for future Lunar Exploration
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (244+ words) News9live New Delhi: Over the summers of 1965 and 1966, NASA's Apollo astronauts prepared for lunar exploration by conducting field geology simulations in the remote Katmai National Park of Alaska The unusual terrain in what is known as the Valley of Ten Thousand…...
Air India plane takes wrong turn, comes face-to-face with Indi Go flight at Ahmedabad airport
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (337+ words) Ahmedabad: An Air India and an Indi Go aircraft briefly came face-to-face on a taxiway at Ahmedabad airport on Wednesday evening after an Air India plane took a wrong turn after landing. Both aircraft stopped at a safe distance, and…...
PM Modi says new Hub and Spoke flight model will improve global connectivity from smaller cities
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (266+ words) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the newly launched Hub and Spoke international flight model will make overseas travel more convenient for passengers while bringing smaller cities closer to global business, tourism and education opportunities. The initiative…...
NASA selects DAPHNE mission to improve space weather forecasts for GPS, satellites and astronauts
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (329+ words) NASA sources say that the mission is now in Phase B, detailed planning and mission design. Two identical satellites flying together will be used to track the effects of Earth's lower atmosphere on the upper atmosphere where the effects of…...
Meteorite Impact at Lonar Crater created rare shocked soil
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (247+ words) News9live New Delhi: A meteorite impact at the Lonar crater in India compressed and melted ancient surface soil into a rare, low-density glass The intense energy of the impact created a supersonic shockwave, which heated the surface material in seconds before…...
Terzan 5 identified as ancient building block of Milky Way
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (280+ words) News9live New Delhi: Astronomers have definitively demonstrated that Terzan 5 is not a globular cluster, but a massive, primordial fragment of the Milky Way, offering new insight into how galaxies form and evolve Globular clusters are roughly spherical associations of stars that…...
Dhruva, ICEYE partner to build satellites and expand radar imaging data
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (259+ words) News9live New Delhi: Hyderabad-based New Space Startup Dhruva Space and Finnish radar satellite operator ICEYE have signed an agreement to co-develop satellite systems and expand Earth observation services The partnership leverages India's expanding aerospace manufacturing sector to build hardware and distribute…...
Dense star clusters spawn heavyweight black holes
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (247+ words) News9live New Delhi: An international research team has discovered that the most massive black holes detected through gravitational waves did not originate from collapsing stars The research is based on analysis of 153 black hole mergers detected by gravitational wave observatories in…...
Webb space telescope records extreme heat on roasted exoplanet
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (277+ words) News9live New Delhi: The James Webb Space Telescope has recorded a drastic temperature spike on the extreme exoplanet designated as HD 80606 b, located about 215 lightyears from the Earth in the constellation of the Great Bear The preliminary findings have been presented…...