Science

According to a ISRO statement, a team of scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, have discovered a new exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, which is a dense sub-Saturn-sized planet in a wide binary system. The planet has a mass of 78.5 Earth masses and radius of 6.41 Earth radii, it orbits a bright, metal-rich F-type star every 5.83 days in a circular orbit. TOI-6038A b lies in the transition region…

After a few days of confirming that the asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, the American Space Agency, and NASA shared the course of its orbit and the object’s trajectory in space. NASA’s Center of Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is tracking the asteroid and has already prepared its projected orbit that shows us how it could collide with Earth in 2032. As per the…

NASA Asteroid Discovery Project: Daksh Malik, a 14-year-old student from Noida, identified an asteroid through NASA’s International Asteroid Discovery Project (IADP). This discovery gave him a chance to name the asteroid after its verification by NASA, a process that may take up to five years. Daksh Malik, a Class 9 student at Shiv Nadar School, has talked about his interest in space and said that he loves to watch documentaries…