Archive For July, 2017

Triumphing over trials, ISRO ready for giant leap

When India fires the high thrust cryogenic engine CE-20 to launch GSLV Mk-III in its first experimental flight from Sriharikota, it will propel ISRO’s biggest dream albeit about 13 years later than it was originally planned. ISRO would have used the CE-20 powered GSLV Mk-III in 2003 if not for the US sanction and a foisted case. The launch, […]

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Black hole spotted by Indian scientists

An Indian team of scientists have managed to spot a black hole, as they tried to make sense of a fresh set of observations related to the identification of a new gravity wave. Black holes are what massive stars in their dying phase become when they turn too heavy and dense for even light — […]

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