A team of scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) visited Chandrapur district in Maharashtra to inspect some unidentified objects believed to be remnants of a booster rocket. The unidentified object streaked across the night sky over parts of central India last week.
The matter came to light when Chandrapur district collector Ajay Gulhane revealed that locals spotted an iron ring lying in an open plot in Ladbori village.
"It is a cylinder-like thing measuring 1 to 1.5 feet in diameter. It has been collected for examination. We had sent talathis [junior revenue officials] to every village in the district to find out if more parts of objects, if any, were lying scattered, "he told PTI.
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In addition to the giant ring, the locals also spotted a cylinder-like object in Pawanpur village, followed by the discovery of five more such cylinders in the area.
In a Facebook post, ISRO said, "As requested by the district administration, a team of scientists from ISRO is visiting Pawanpur for inspection and further scientific inquiry."According to astronomer Jonathan McDowell, who was tracking the trajectory of the debris, the fallen ring "is consistent with being part of the CZ-3B third stage tankage."
McDowell explained the fallen parts as the Long March 3B rocket's third stage in a series of tweets. He also showcased the layout of the rocket stages that re-entered Earth due to atmospheric drag.
Known for technological ingenuity and bold missions that have taken them to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, China has plans to go farther and deeper into space. Beijing now wants to find an alternative home -- Earth 2.0.
Beijing is planning a mission that will look for exoplanets beyond our solar system. The main goal of this assignment is to find a world in the habitable zone of its star in the Milky Way galaxy. Earth 2.0 as the mission is being called, aims to find a similar planet to the one we currently inhabit, which is also predicted to face catastrophic situations in the coming decades.
Earth 2.0, according to a report in Nature, has been conceptualised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is in the early design phase. The plan is set o go under the hammer in June as a team of experts review the proposed mission and, if cleared, the development phase will kick in that will bring in funding to initiate the building phase of the satellite.
STARING INTO THE UNKNOWN
The telescope will look for exoplanets deep in space, outside our solar system, in hopes of finding the chemical signs that are responsible for triggering life. According to the report, the mission will be equipped with seven telescopes that will scan a patch of sky similar to the one observed by the Kepler mission.Known for technological ingenuity and bold missions that have taken them to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, China has plans to go farther and deeper into space. Beijing now wants to find an alternative home -- Earth 2.0.
Beijing is planning a mission that will look for exoplanets beyond our solar system. The main goal of this assignment is to find a world in the habitable zone of its star in the Milky Way galaxy. Earth 2.0 as the mission is being called, aims to find a similar planet to the one we currently inhabit, which is also predicted to face catastrophic situations in the coming decades.
Earth 2.0, according to a report in Nature, has been conceptualised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is in the early design phase. The plan is set o go under the hammer in June as a team of experts review the proposed mission and, if cleared, the development phase will kick in that will bring in funding to initiate the building phase of the satellite.
STARING INTO THE UNKNOWN
The telescope will look for exoplanets deep in space, outside our solar system, in hopes of finding the chemical signs that are responsible for triggering life. According to the report, the mission will be equipped with seven telescopes that will scan a patch of sky similar to the one observed by the Kepler mission.
The Geological Survey of India in Nagpur, on the other hand, stated that they could only comment on the nature of the objects after a thorough examination.
Known for technological ingenuity and bold missions that have taken them to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, China has plans to go farther and deeper into space. Beijing now wants to find an alternative home -- Earth 2.0.
Beijing is planning a mission that will look for exoplanets beyond our solar system. The main goal of this assignment is to find a world in the habitable zone of its star in the Milky Way galaxy. Earth 2.0 as the mission is being called, aims to find a similar planet to the one we currently inhabit, which is also predicted to face catastrophic situations in the coming decades.
Earth 2.0, according to a report in Nature, has been conceptualised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is in the early design phase. The plan is set o go under the hammer in June as a team of experts review the proposed mission and, if cleared, the development phase will kick in that will bring in funding to initiate the building phase of the satellite.
STARING INTO THE UNKNOWN
The telescope will look for exoplanets deep in space, outside our solar system, in hopes of finding the chemical signs that are responsible for triggering life. According to the report, the mission will be equipped with seven telescopes that will scan a patch of sky similar to the one observed by the Kepler mission.
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