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RING OF FIRE!

RING OF FIRE!

Nature is delightful and yet there is such a great amount of things to comprehend about nature. Each moment something phenomenal is happening across the world. Be that as it may, there is one another world past our vision i.e. Our Space. Space is something which is void, endless, and a lot greater than the […]

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Ursids Meteor Bombshell

Ursids Meteor Bombshell

“Colours swish by in cloudy darkened night sky meteor shower- satellites in midnight dance a universal display” What is a Meteor? A meteor is a meteoroid – or a suspended particle of an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun – that burns up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere, creating the effect of a “shooting […]

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ETA AQUARIUS: A POST WINTER SPARKLE

ETA AQUARIUS: A POST WINTER SPARKLE

For those not opposed to going through some early morning hours from city lights under the stars, the early piece of May might astonish with a post-winter display! Meteor showers happen at very much characterized occasions during the year, enduring from a couple of days to half a month. The three M’s: Meteor, Meteoroids, Meteorites! […]

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Perseid Meteor Shower

Perseid Meteor Shower

“A wish flashes across the sky, trailed by blinding glory. Eyes closed, breaths held, it vanishes within a flash”-Christine Tabaka Perseid is a prolific meteor shower related to the comet Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are called the Perseids because the purpose from which they appear to hail (called the radiant)within the constellation Perseus. All meteors associated with one particular shower have […]

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Lyrid Meteor Shower

Lyrid Meteor Shower

Dust off the lawn chairs and prepare for the pinnacle of the Lyrid meteor shower which will happen the evening of April 22. Earth is treating its occupants quite a show for the Earth Month. The headliner for April sky watching is the Lyrid meteor shower “The Lyrids are extremely capricious,” NASA’s meteorological expert Cooke […]

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LUNAR ECLIPSE

LUNAR ECLIPSE

Once in a blue moon, the moon also gets red! When one heavenly body — such as the sun or the moon — moves into the shadow of other bodies, we get a beautiful show in the sky known as an Eclipse. When the moon travels in front of the sun, it sheds its shadow […]

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Leonid Meteor Shower

Leonid Meteor Shower

Get ready to go through an hour or two outside on Monday night if skies are clear for the staggering sight of the Leonid meteor shower, which could bring upwards of 15 falling stars for every hour. Likewise, sky-gazers in both the northern and southern sides of the equator can look into together for this […]

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Geminid Meteor Shower

Geminid Meteor Shower

Get ready, skywatchers — it’s the ideal opportunity to observe the Geminids, best shower compared to other meteor showers of the year. What is a Meteor shower? Meteor Showers happen at very much characterized occasions during the year, enduring from a couple of days to two or three weeks. Regularly called “shooting stars”, really, they […]

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THE SOUTHERN TAURID

THE SOUTHERN TAURID

What is a meteor and where do they come from?  A meteor is a bright flash of light in the sky (a “shooting star” or a “falling star”) formed by the entry of a small meteoroid into the atmosphere of  Earth. On an average night, if the sky is dark clear, you will probably see […]

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Heliodyssey 2019

Heliodyssey 2019

Heliodyssey 2019 is SPACE’s sixth student’s scientific solar expedition to chase, study, and admire solar eclipses. This year the target is to observe and study the Annular Solar Eclipse of 26th December 2019. Students will be selected on the basis of merit in a selection process which comprises of an online multiple-choice based exam called Space […]

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