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Minor Planet Centre Tracks Newly Discovered Planetary Moons Why in the News ? The Minor Planet Centre (MPC) recently confirmed the discovery of 15 new moons—four orbiting Jupiter and eleven around Saturn—highlighting its critical role in verifying celestial discoveries, tracking small solar system bodies, and supporting global astronomical research coordination. Discovery of New Moons and …
Read MoreAstroSat Completes a Decade of Stellar Discoveries Why in the News ? AstroSat, India’s first space-based astronomy observatory, has completed 10 years of successful operation since its launch on September 28, 2015. Despite a five-year design life, it continues to provide valuable multi-wavelength astronomical data and remarkable discoveries across the electromagnetic spectrum. A Decade of …
Read MoreWhy in the News ? Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have proposed a model to explain the unusual lack of dark matter in galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, challenging existing galaxy formation theories and offering new insights into the structure of the universe. Galaxy Defies Standard Dark Matter Models: NGC 1052-DF2, an ultra-diffuse galaxy, shows …
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