NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
The transit signatures of two distinct Saturn-sized planets were seen in the data for a sun-like star designated “Kepler-9.” The planets were named Kepler-9b and 9c. The discovery incorporates seven months of [...]
Today,August 10th is the birthday of Manali Kallat VAINU BAPPU, who was a great astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union. Being one of the greatest astronomers of India, Vainu has contributed much to the revival of optical astronomy in Independent India. Vainu was born on August 10, 1927 . He was the only [...]
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a new project manager: Phil Varghese, a native of Kerala, India.He came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1971 to study physics, earned his doctorate at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore., and then worked with computer and aerospace companies. He began his work at JPL [...]
2010 August sky
August 1: A Waning Gibbous Moon stands 11 degrees N-NE of Jupiter after midnight.Mars and Saturn are nearly 2 degrees apart in West just after sunset.
August 3: Last Quarter Moon.
August 5: The Moon (32% illuminated) stands within 4 degrees from Pleiades (M45) in east before dawn.Venus-Saturn-Mars forms a perfect triangle in [...]
ISRO Centralised Recruitment Board (ICRB) has invited applications from candidates having Post Graduate Degree in Engineering/Science for the recruitment to Scientists/Engineers ‘SC’.
Candidates with Post Graduate Degree in Engineering [ME/M.Tech/MSc (Engg) or equivalent] having First Class with an aggregate minimum of 60% or CGPA/CPI grading of 6.5 on a 10 scale or [...]
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) under department of Science and Technology has invited applications from School and College students of Academic year 2010-11, as per following streams, interested in research careers, for KVPY Fellowships:
STREAM SA:
Students enrolled in the XI Standard (Science subjects) and have secured a minimum of 75% (65% for SC/ST) [...]
The first full-sky image from Europe's Planck telescope which was sent into space last year to survey the oldest light in the cosmos Photo: ESA
Giant clouds of interstellar gas and dust light up this panoramic view of the sky recorded by the European space agency’s Planck telescope
The space telescope was [...]
JULY 1: Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 405,036 km; angular size 29.8′)
JULY 3: Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -2.5.
JULY 4: Last Quarter Moon at 14:35 UT.
JULY 6: Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 11h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.01670 a.u. or about 152.1 [...]
This is an artist's concept of the exoplanet WASP-12b. It is the hottest known planet in the Milky Way galaxy, and potentially the shortest lived. The planet is only 2 million miles from its sunlike parent star — a fraction of Earth's distance from the Sun. Gravitational tidal forces from the star stretch [...]
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education at Tata institute of fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai hereby invites applicants for Walk-in-interview for two Positions of Project Assistants for Astronomy Olympiad, to work at HBCSE.
PROJECT ASSISTANT – 2 positions
Nature of Job :
Project Assistant (First Position) : The candidate will be responsible for academic support for the Astronomy Olympiad [...]
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