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Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module shifts to Earth orbit

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission’s Propulsion Module recently shifted to an earth orbit from a lunar orbit. The main function of this module was to carry the lander to the lunar orbit and ensure that it separated as planned. After the lander “Vikram” separated from it, it remained in lunar orbit. Even though it completed its main objective, it still had some fuel left in it, so a payload inside the module called SHAPE was activated. SHAPE’s main function was to observe the earth from lunar orbit. After orbiting the moon for about a month, ISRO noticed that it still had a lot of fuel left inside it. This made them decide to transfer the module into earth orbit so that it can read more data.

James Webb reveals hidden facts about brick-like structure

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently revealed a new finding about a box-shaped cloud of opaque dust in the Milky Way nicknamed ‘the brick’. Previously believed to be only composed of gases, it has been found that the structure also contains vast amounts of frozen carbon monoxide. While this may not seem like much, it could drastically change the way we study and measure other clouds of gasses like the ‘brick’.

Aditya-L1 captures its first images

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 solar mission recently captured its very first images of the sun. Tje images were taken by the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) payload in the ultraviolet wavelength. Up until now, no light image was taken by the craft; only data from other sensors were received.