Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO

black hole spin, Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO, AstroSat, Chandra X-ray, NASA, naked singularity, Stephen Hawking, accretion disk, soft X-ray, hard X-ray, Chandrayaan, Chandrayaan 2, Mangalyaan, Mars Orbiter Mission, NASA NuSTAR, black holes, Kerr black hole

Why It Matters That India and the US Teamed up to Measure a Black Hole’s Spin

Jatan Mehta 09/11/2018

The black hole's spin rate also turned out to...

butterfly-nebula_UV-wings_astrosat

ISRO’s AstroSat Discovers Ultraviolet Wings on the Butterfly Nebula

Niruj Mohan Ramanujam 30/10/2018

Scientists used the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope on board AstroSat...

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via Reuters/Files

Where Does India’s First Exoplanet Discovery Fit In?

Jatan Mehta 20/09/2018

It is important to remember that K2-236b was discovered...

isro-plv

ISRO Places Two Earth Observation Satellites of UK-Based Company in Orbit

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the NovaSAR, to...

Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO, Vikram Sarabhai, Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan 2, Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, GSLV Mark III, GSLV Mk III, Satellite Instructional Television Experiment, NASA, INSAT, GSAT, Indian Remote Sensing satellites, IRS satellite, UR Rao, Yash Pal, INCOSPAR, International Space Station, Indian Air Force, Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica, human spaceflight, Jawaharlal Nehru,

Say ISRO Sends an Indian to Space on an Indian Rocket. What Happens After?

Vasudevan Mukunth 16/08/2018

It's a two-pronged failure of communication: to believe that...

Indian Space Research Organisation, K Sivan, Chandrayaan 2, Chandrayaan 3, soft-landing, lunar landing, autonomous landing, Vikram lander, Vikram Sarabhai, Pragyan rover, SpaceIL, Beresheet, JAXA, ISRO, Langmuir probe, RAMBHA, lunar seismic activity, Aditya L1, Gaganyaan, human spaceflight mission,

Scientists Ask President to Intervene in Controversial ISRO Bigwig Transfer

The Wire Staff 01/08/2018

One of K. Sivan's first moves as ISRO chairman...

download4

Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers

Frans von der Dunk 23/07/2018

Forty-nine years ago, American astronauts planted a US flag...