Daily Archives: November 14, 2008
Moon Impact Probe’s Images [Updated]
These two are close up pictures of the moon’s surface taken by Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on November 14, 2008 as it approached it after separating from Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. Please note that these pictures are reproduced as received. … Continue reading
India kisses the moon, Chandrayaan MIP lands
India on Friday became the fourth nation to have its flag flying on the Moon’s surface when Chandrayaan-1′s Moon Impact Probe device, – which has the Indian Tricolour painted on it – touched down. The 35-kilo payload crash-landed on the … Continue reading
Raj Thackeray Cake Controversy
Raj allegedly cut a cake bearing the word Bhaiyya in Hindi on his birthday on June 14 in Mumbai – a video clip of which was leaked out Friday. he video clip shows him making two diagonal slashes across the cake, instead of … Continue reading
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First Visible-Light Snapshot Of A Planet Circling Another Star
Artist’s concept of the star Fomalhaut and the Jupiter-type planet that the Hubble Space Telescope observed. A ring of debris appears to surround Fomalhaut as well. The planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the 200-million-year-old star every 872 years. Credit: ESA, … Continue reading
