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Indian Scientists Discover New Planet Using PARAS-2 Spectrograph At Mount Abu Telescope

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…

NASA Reveals Orbit Of Asteroid Could Hit Earth In Year 2032

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 Is Planning To Launch Rockets Into Northern Lights To Study ‘Black Auroras’

American space agency NASA plans to launch two rockets through active auroras to study the unique ribbons of light that pass across the Alaskan night sky. It is expected that the rockets will lift off from the Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska. Space physicists Marilla Samara and Robert Michell from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will led the whole mission, the mission is divided into two parts. The…