A colossal comet with a size reminiscent of a small city has explosively burst for the second time in the span of four months while hurtling towards the sun, reported Live Science. This celestial entity, known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, is categorized as a cryovolcanic comet, characterized by its solid nucleus measuring approximately 18.6 miles (30 kilometers) in diameter. Within its core lies a mixture of ice, dust, and gas, collectively termed cryomagma, while a nebulous gas cloud, called a coma, envelopes the nucleus and escapes into space.When the comet's...
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ISRO on Sunday said it has successfully performed the first earth-bound manoeuvre of the country's maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, from ISTRAC here....
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BENGALURU: Early on Sunday, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module (LM), further...
An "abnormal situation" occurred at Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft on Saturday as it was preparing to transfer to its pre-landing orbit, Russia's national space...