Human Pangenome Map
Context A new study published in the Nature journal describes a pangenome reference map, built using genomes from 47 anonymous individuals (19 men and 28 women), mainly from Africa but also…
AT2021lwx largest cosmic explosion
Context Astronomers say they have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion known as AT2021lwx ever witnessed, which has currently lasted over three years. About AT2021lwx The explosion, took place nearly eight billion light…
Earth-sized alien planet
Context An Earth-sized alien planet orbiting a dim star in our galactic neighbourhood is offering some of the best evidence to date of volcanism beyond our solar system, with observations…
Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite
Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be undertaking a challenging experiment of a controlled re-entry of the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite. About Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite The MT1 is a…
3D thermophysical model for the Moon
Context Scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory, a unit of the Department of Space, have built a comprehensive 3D thermophysical model for the Moon to derive its surface and sub-surface…
Lewis super acids
Context Researchers at the Paderborn University, Germany have reported being able to make a unique class of catalysts – used in chemistry to accelerate reactions called “Lewis super acids” These…
ALMA Telescope
Context The ALMA Telescope (Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array) a radio telescope comprising 66 antennas located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile is set to get software and hardware upgrades…
Quasicrystal discovered by scientists
Context Scientists have discovered a new type of quasicrystal, one with 12-fold symmetry, in the Sand Hills of north central Nebraska, USA. It’s also the first time that researchers have…
Exoplanet LHS 475 b
Context The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on January 11 announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first new exoplanet. Researchers have labelled the planet as LHS…
Halteria plankton
Context Plankton of the genus Halteria, recently researchers claim to have found, can each consume 10,000 to a million virus particles a day, increase their population using the metabolised energy,…
