GLAST all set to Blast!!

The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) built by the National Aeronautics Space Administration is (NASA) all set to be sent into space to observe and detect high energy gamma radiations being emitted continuously from DSO's (Deep Space Objects) like nebulae, supernovae, stars and black holes. The mission will blast off from Cape Canaveral on the 16th of May and will open the eyes of the world to more of the hidden mysteries that Deep Space (DS) holds for us. The world wishes NASA all the very best on this ambitious embankment in DS exploration.

Hello, Pluto!

Pluto has just been thrown out of the planet category by the International Astronomical Union in 2006. The trivia continues on the discovery of th planets Xena, Quaoar and Sedna from 2003. The search for exo-planets has not stopped with thousands of skywatchers searching everyday. Does our heliosphere contain more "dwarf" planets that encircle the sun in vivid ecliptic trajectories? Will Ceres become a planet too? In our search for deep space objects (DSO) we have discovered so many objects that have put Clyde Tombaugh's sensational discovery into a state of Oblivion. The 2015 New Horizons mission will clear the dust from our windsheids when we get a closer look at the one planet that has caused many heads to fume in discussion.

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009

Ok Everyone! Brace yourselves for the International year of Astronomy. Visit AURA's international site at http://astrophysics.org.in and this blog for more updates on the same. For now watch the trailer:-



AURA will keep you posted!!

HI WORLD!

Ok, now that AURA IN (Astrophysical Union for Research and Application India) has officially launched its website, it is stepping forward once more to expand its reaches to the blog world as well. Here you will find news about any interesting event happening around the world- sourced from Universe Today. Keepl blogging to know about everything the universe knows and shows!! Happy blogging!!

C.R. Aditya Narayan
Editor