Scientists find Sun is already starting its next solar cycle despite being halfway through the current cycle

Jul 20, 2024, at 03:29 pm

The first rumblings of the Sun's next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound waves inside our home star – even though it is only halfway through its current one.

India's Aditya-L1 Mission captures first-ever full-disk image of Sun

Dec 09, 2023, at 03:04 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) managed to capture the first-ever full-disk images of the Sun through its Aditya-L1 Mission.

Aditya-L1 starts collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth

Sep 18, 2023, at 07:51 pm

Chennai/UNI: India's first Solar exploratory mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun, has commenced collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,0000 km from Earth.

Solar mission Aditya L 1 successfully undergoes second Earth-bound maneuvre: ISRO

Sep 05, 2023, at 03:45 pm

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday said its mission to study the Sun-Aditya L1- has successfully undergone the second Earth-bound maneuvre.

President Murmu, European Space Agency congratulate ISRO for successful Aditya-L1 launch

Sep 03, 2023, at 04:13 am

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday congratulated scientists and engineers at ISRO for the successful launch of its maiden Solar Mission Aditya-L1.

India's First Mission To Sun: After success of Chandrayaan-3, ISRO to launch Aditya-L1 today

Sep 02, 2023, at 02:28 pm

After the success of Chandrayaan-3, India's Indian Space Research Organisation will launch Aditya-L1, the mission to explore the Sun, on Saturday.

Is Aditya-L1 a complete Mission to study the Sun? No, says ISRO

Sep 01, 2023, at 07:09 pm

Chennai/UNI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said its maiden Solar exploratory Mission Aditya-L1 is not a complete one to study the Sun due to limited mass, power and volume of the spacecraft that carries scientific payloads in space.

ISRO to launch Aditya-L1 maiden Sun Mission on September 2 after Chadrayaan-3 success

Aug 29, 2023, at 12:08 am

After the success of its third Lunar mission, Chandryaan-3 ensured soft landing on the Moon's south polar region, a buoyant ISRO is all set for yet another inter-planetary mission --to explore the Sun on September 2.

After Chandrayaan-3's success, ISRO has a long list of missions. Take a look

Aug 24, 2023, at 02:05 am

As India's lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 successfully soft-landed on the South Polar region of the Moon on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced a long list of upcoming missions aimed at exploring new frontiers in space.

Aditya-L1: ISRO gearing up to launch its first Solar mission

Aug 14, 2023, at 07:14 pm

Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for the launch of Aditya-L1 Solar Exploratory mission to study the Sun.

Scientists at Indian Institute of Astrophysics propose new metric to help quantify image quality of Sun captured by ground-based telescopes

May 22, 2023, at 01:46 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: The scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have proposed a novel metric called the root mean square (rms) granulation contrast to quantify the image quality of ground-based solar telescopes.

Earth will be at the nearest point to Sun on Sunday

Jan 04, 2020, at 05:18 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Planet Earth will be at closest point to Sun in its annual elliptical orbit around Sun at 0.9832436 AU i.e., 14,70,91,149 km from Sun at 1307 hours on Sunday.

The sun's impact on Earth and weather celebrated, as planet marks World Meteorological Day

Mar 23, 2019, at 09:45 am

New York, Mar 23 (IBNS): Against a background of serious warnings against the effects of climate change, World Meteorological Day this year celebrates the crucial role played by the sun in powering all life on Earth, and in driving the weather, ocean currents and the hydrological cycle.

Lunar eclipse on July 27-28, can be seen from all parts of India

Jul 13, 2018, at 03:50 pm

New Delhi, July 13 (IBNS): A total lunar eclipse will occur on July 27-28, 2018 with a totality duration of 1 hour 43 minutes.

Astronomers gain new insight into magnetic field of Sun and its kin

Jul 28, 2016, at 09:19 pm

California, July 28 (IBNS): Astronomers have used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to make a discovery that may have profound implications for understanding how the magnetic field in the Sun and stars like it are generated.

Conference on Clean and Green Transport for Delhi-NCR inaugurated

Jul 08, 2016, at 08:29 pm

New Delhi, Jul 8 (IBNS): The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anil Madhav Dave, inaugurated the Conference on Clean and Green Transport for Delhi NCR – Alternatives and Solutions” on Friday in New Delhi.