Tag: UV Astronomy
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Ultraviolet fingerprint of water detected in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Interstellar visitors and a long-awaited water signal For millions of years, a fragment of ice and dust drifted between the stars, a sealed bottle released into the cosmic ocean. This summer, that bottle washed ashore in our solar system as 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar comet. In a landmark observation, Auburn University scientists used…
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AstroSat completes a decade of multi-wavelength astronomy in India
A Decade of Discovery: AstroSat’s Milestone New Delhi — India’s first multi-wavelength astronomy satellite, AstroSat, has completed 10 years of science observations, a milestone announced by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Launched on 28 September 2015, AstroSat — with a lift-off mass of about 1515 kg — has continuously scanned the cosmos from ultraviolet…