by Amrita Priya | Dec 9, 2023
(December 9, 2023) A tiny satellite called ASTERIA, no bigger than a briefcase, did something once only big telescopes could do. It detected 55 Cancri e, a planet twice the size of Earth and possibly made of diamond inside, 41 light years away from earth. ASTERIA was...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jun 15, 2022
(June 15, 2022) The year was 2003. The unfortunate news of Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrating over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere had overwhelmed the entire world. While India mourned the demise of Kalpana Chawla, a young girl in...
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