Facts About India’s First Solar Observatory
A Solar Observatory is a special building where scientists look at the Sun using powerful telescopes and tools.
A Solar Observatory is a special building where scientists look at the Sun using powerful telescopes and tools.
Written by Prarthana Sheopuri. Managing Editor, I Kid You Not.
On 10 October, space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst passing through the Milky Way. Astronomers called this a B.O.A.T – or Brightest Of All Time!
Written by Nihal Singh Dhingra, a grade 10 student.
A Goldilock’s zone refers to the zone (area) around a star is that is habitable, mainly because the temperature in this zone is just right- not too hot or not too cold, for water to exist in liquid form, and thus for life to exist…
Written by Naman Anil Kumar, a grade 8 student.
Today is a rare, total lunar eclipse (May 26th). This eclipse is named as super moon as the moon is big compared to the moon of other eclipse
Written by Vidhi Jain, a grade 7 student.
The Winter Solstice takes place when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice a year, once in each hemisphere…
Written by Tanush Sahasrabuddhe, a grade 3 student
An Earth Observation Satellite? Hmmm.. they must be used for some kind of observation. Yes, but what do they do? They are used for earth observation from orbit. Did you know, an orbit is the gravitationally
Written by Madhav Bahl, a grade 8 student.
Our planet is fast reaching the maximum amount of population that it can hold. Many scientists think Earth has a maximum carrying capacity of 9 billion to 10 billion people. Actually, it is around 7 billion to 8.5 billion. Well, how do you calculate the seven billion?
Written by Saachi Singh, a grade 8 student.
An astronaut travelling to space needs various kinds of equipment for survival, research, data collection, and storage, etc. It’s important that everything that an astronaut uses, and also the structure they live in must be safe and tested and not compromise the astronaut’s safety in any way…
Written by Agastya Sharma, a grade 6 student (junior editor I Kid You Not).
The Chandrayaan-2 mission was a highly complex mission, with a complete set of orbiter, lander and rover, to explore the South Pole of the moon, a feat never accomplished before…
Written by Arshiya Sangar, a grade 11 student.
On Sunday, August 16, at 12:08 am EST (9:38 am Indian Time), an asteroid the size of an SUV passed by Earth. This asteroid, flying above the southern Indian Ocean, about 2950 kilometers (1830 miles) away, was the closest recorded asteroid to pass by Earth without impacting the surface…