Mercury
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Mercury set to rebound in Delhi, but no heatwave likely for 2-3 days
•The mercury is predicted to breach the 40-degree mark on Monday amid clear skies and gradually rise to 44 degrees Celsius by Thursday
Joint Euro-Japan spacecraft BepiColombo got its first view of Mercury, completed one of six flybys
•The joint mission was launched in 2018 and it flew once past Earth and twice past Venus on its journey to the solar system’s smallest planet.
Meteor showers galore: Here is a list of celestial events in October to keep an eye out for
Trendingdesk •From the Leonis Minorids Meteor Shower to the Southern Taurid Meteor Shower, the Draconid Meteor Shower and the δ-Aurigid Meteor Shower, October is a sky watchers delight.
Fastest-orbiting asteroid discovered in Solar System; takes 113 Earth days to complete one lap around Sun
Trendingdesk •The asteroid is also very close to the Sun’s massive gravitational field, where it faces the largest general relativistic effects of any known Solar System object so far.
Asteroid flyby, new moon, Mercury aligns with Saturn and Jupiter: Here are celestial events visible in January
Trendingdesk •On 10 January, Mercury will form a triangle with Saturn 2 degrees to Mercury's right and Jupiter 2 degrees above them.
BepiColombo probe to Mercury captures ultra close shot of Venus in close approach
Trendingdesk •The pass of Venus was to lower the spacecraft's orbit around the Sun, to get closer to Mercury's orbit.
Five planets and a crescent moon will line up in a rare pre-dawn spectacle today, 20 July
Trendingdesk •The planets would look to a human eye like extraordinarily bright stars, unlike the familiar photos we've seen captured by a spacecraft.
Astronomers discover two super-Earth exoplanets, orbiting a star, 11 light-years away
Trendingdesk •A group of astronomers working on the Red Dots project observed the star using the European Southern Observatory in Chile for three months.
NASA’s Parker Sun probing spacecraft flew by Sun in its closest encounter during it fifth orbit
Trendingdesk •As opposed to the standard 11-day encounters, the ongoing orbit is the longest fifth observation of the Parker Sun Probe, that started from 9 May 2020.
ESA-JAXA's joint mission, BepiColombo, flew within 12,700 km of Earth on its way to explore Mercury
•The spacecraft's closest approach to Earth, 12,700 km, occurred over the South Atlantic and telescopes in Chile caught a glimpse of it.