Source: DD News Subject: Science and Technology Context: IIA celebrated 10 years of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) aboard AstroSat, marking a decade of major scientific discoveries. About AstroSat: What it is? AstroSat is India’s first dedicated astronomy satellite enabling simultaneous observations in UV, optical, soft X-ray and hard X-ray bands. Launched in: 2015 by …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: ISRO Context: AstroSat has facilitated the discovery of ‘aperiodic modulation’ in high-energy X-ray photons during an ‘unusual’ outburst phase in a black hole X-ray binary (BH-XRB) system BH-XRB system consists of a black hole and a companion star that is locked in gravitation.
GS Paper 3: Syllabus: Awareness in Space. Context: India’s Astrosat space telescope has witnessed the birth of a black hole in space for the 500th time. A black hole is a place in space where gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape its pull. What is a black hole? A black …
Topics Covered: Awareness in Space. AstroSat: Context: AstroSat’s Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope spots rare ultraviolet-bright stars in a massive intriguing cosmic dinosaur in the Milky Way. Significance of the discovery: Such UV-bright stars are speculated to be the reason for the ultraviolet radiation coming from old stellar systems such as elliptical galaxies which are devoid of young …
VAIBHAV Summit: The VAIBHAV Summit is a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian Researchers and Academicians, and is being organized from 2nd October to 31st October 2020. The aim of the summit is to bring Indian origin luminaries in academic institutes and R&D organizations across the world and resident counterparts on a single …
