Odd Radio Circles (ORCs)

Source:  TH Context: Citizen scientists from India’s RAD@home astronomy group, led by Prof. Ananda Hota of the University of Mumbai, have discovered a rare twin “Odd Radio Circle” (double ORC) using LOFAR telescope data — only the second such known instance globally. About Odd Radio Circles (ORCs): What it is? Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are …

MeerKAT radio telescope

Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: DTE   Context: Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope   About MeerKAT: MeerKAT is an array of 64 large antenna dishes in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. It uses radio signals from space to study the evolution of the …

[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 19 December 2022

  InstaLinks :  help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions in your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to …