In 2019, signals from a collision between two black holes sent gravitational waves were detected at the gravitational wave observatory LIGO (United States) and the detector Virgo (Italy). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points GW190521 is a gravitational wave signal resulting from the merger of two black holes near a third supermassive black hole. The […]
AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem, has detected extreme UV light from a galaxy called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth. Key-Points A global team led by scientists of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has discovered one of the earliest
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has predicted a small chance an asteroid could collide with the Earth in November. The asteroid could be as close as 4,700 miles according to NASA’s close approach database. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The asteroid, dubbed 2018VP1, was first discovered at the Palomar Observatory in California’s San
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has sought to pay tribute to Dr Vikram Sarabhai in a special way by announcing that Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter has captured the Moon images of “Sarabhai” Crater. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-points “Sarabhai” Crater is named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai. To the 300km east of this crater lie
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A massive Sunspot group, AR2770 was observed recently by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. According to the report, a few minor space flares have been emitted by this particular Sunspot group already, which has not caused anything major other than “minor waves of ionisation to ripple through Earth’s upper atmosphere”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
SpaceX’s has launched it’s next-generation Starship, SN5 rocket which passed its most critical test yet, taking off and landing in a short flight at the company’s facility in Texas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Starship prototype Serial Number 5, standing at about 100 feet tall, launched gradually and rose to about 500 feet above
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China has completed its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System and significantly boost China’s security and geopolitical clout. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points China’s navigation system uses a network of satellites and can provide positional accuracies of under ten metres (GPS provides positioning accuracies of under 2.2 metres).
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China is aiming to launch a rover to Mars on a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. The two countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are closest to send their probes, with China’s mission due to lift off and the
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The United Arab Emirates has successfully launched the Arab world’s first mission to Mars as it strives to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil. The Hope Probe blasted off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center for a seven-month journey to the red planet, where it will orbit and send back
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The United Arab Emirates plans to make history with the scheduled launch of the “Hope” mission, which will make it the first Arab nation to send a probe to Mars. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft is due to take off from Japan’s remote Tanegashima Space Center at 5:51
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