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चाबहार पोर्ट से जुड़ी परियोजनाओं को लेकर संशय
दुनियाभर में मौजूद हथियारों के जखीरे में भले ही कमी देखी जा रही हो पर बीते 12 महीनों में परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा काफी बढ़ गया है। कुछ हद तक इसके लिए अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच बढ़ते तनाव को भी जिम्मेदार ठहराया जा सकता है। दरअसल, एक नई रिसर्च में दावा किया गया है कि संख्या में भले ही दुनिया के परमाणु हथियारों में कमी आई हो लेकिन तबाही लाने वाले परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा कम होने की बजाय बढ़ गया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20588-2019-06-19-05-01-48
#ChabaharPort #Afghanistan #Iran #NarendraModi #HassanRouhani #Pakistan

परमाणु जंग का बढ़ा खतरा
पहले अफगानिस्तान को लेकर अनिश्चितता और अब ईरान और अमेरिका के बीच बढ़ता तनाव। इन दोनों वजहों ने ईरान में चाबहार पोर्ट बना कर अफगानिस्तान व मध्य एशिया में रणनीतिक पैठ बनाने की भारत की योजनाओं पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। जानकारों का कहना है कि अब जब तक समूचे क्षेत्र में हालात स्पष्ट नहीं होते हैं तब तक भारत के लिए चाबहार पोर्ट से जुड़ी परियोजनाओं पर सोच समझ कर आगे बढ़ने की नीति अपनानी होगी।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20587-2019-06-19-05-01-36
#nuclearwar #UnitedStates #SIPRI #Israel #Russia #START

World Food India 2019
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal has on 18 June 2019 said that World Food India 2019 will be the biggest gathering of all global and domestic stakeholders in Food Processing Sector. WFI 2019 will be held from 1-4th November 2019 in New Delhi and will position India as Food Processing Destination of the World.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20592-world-food-india-2019
#WorldFoodIndia2019 #HarsimratKaurBadal #CEOs #B2B #NewDelhi #WFI2019

EU questions to double farmers income
Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any competitors who might be cheating.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20591-eu-questions-to-double-farmers-income
#EU #WTO #DonaldTrump #NarendraModi #EuropeanUnion #NewZealand #farmersincome

Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook Inc revealed plans on 18 June 2019 to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments. Facebook has linked with 28 partners in a Geneva-based entity called the Libra Association, which will govern its new digital coin set to launch in the first half of 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20590-libra-cryptocurrency
#Libra #Facebook #digital #WeChat #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

Secrets of Sun’s mysterious past
The Moon contains clues to the ancient mysteries of the Sun, which are crucial to understanding the development of life, according to NASA scientists, including one of Indian origin. Around four billion years ago, the Sun went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20589-secrets-of-sun-s-mysterious-past
#Sun #NASA #EarthPrabalSaxena #solartantrums #atmospheres #Apollo

Today's Updates

जीएसटी परिषद की बैठक
केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण की अध्यक्षता में वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) परिषद की पहली बैठक हुई। इस बैठक में कई अहम फैसले लिए गए। बैठक में जीएसटी रजिस्ट्रेशन को आसान बनाने के लिए आधार के जरिए जीएसटी रजिस्ट्रेशन का फैसला लिया गया। इसके अलावा जीएसटी एंटी-प्रॉफिटीयरिंग अथॉरिटी के कार्यकाल को भी 2 साल के लिए बढ़ा दिया गया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/…/news-f…/20622-2019-06-22-04-30-48
#GST #NirmalaSitharaman #GSTN #OTP #NNA #UFM

एफएटीएफ ने पाकिस्तान को दी चेतावनी
आतंकी फंडिंग रोकने के लिए गठित अंतरराष्ट्रीय एजेंसी फाइनेंशियल एक्शन टास्क फोर्स (एफएटीएफ) ने पाकिस्तान को चेतावनी दी है कि अगर वह इस संबंध में मान्य अंतरराष्ट्रीय नियमों को लागू नहीं करता है तो उसे अक्टूबर, 2019 में प्रतिबंधित किया जा सकता है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20621-2019-06-22-04-30-37
#FATF #Pakistan #ImranKhan #Turkey #Britain #US

International Day of Yoga 2019
International Day of Yoga 2019 celebrated on 21st June 2019. This year the world was celebrated the fifth International Day of Yoga with the theme of “Climate Action”.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20626-international-day-of-yoga-2019
#InternationalDay #Yoga #ClimateAction #YogawithGurus

35th GST Council meeting
The 35th GST Council Meeting was held in Delhi on 21 June 2019 under the chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20625-35th-gst-council-meeting
#GSTCouncil #NirmalaSitharaman #ArunJaitley #GSTAT

Persian Gulf on boil
Amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf after the shooting down of a US drone, the Indian Navy has deployed its warships in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to reassure Indian vessels operating and transiting in the region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20624-persian-gulf-on-boil
#PersianGulf #IndianNavy #INSChennai #INSSunayna

Two Earth-like planets discovered
Scientists have discovered two new Earth-like planets around one of the closest stars within our galactic neighbourhood.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20623-two-earth-like-planets-discovered
#planets #Earth #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Sun #Teegardenstar

अमेरिका-ईरान तनाव के बीच Air India का बड़ा फैसला
अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच तनाव लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है। इसका असर अब दिखना भी शुरू हो गया है। ईरान ने अमेरिका का ड्रोन मार गिराया अब दोनों देशों के बीच तल्खी काफी बढ़ती जा रही है। इस बीच एयर इंडिया ने भी अपने विमानों को ईरान के एयरस्पेस में न भेजने का फैसला किया है। एयर इंडिया के सीएमडी अश्वनी लोहानी ने ईरान के एयरस्पेस से विमानों के न गुजरने पर कहा, 'एयर इंडिया की उड़ानों पर इसका कोई खास प्रभाव नहीं है। हालांकि आने वाले विमानों का रूट फिर से तय करने पर काम किया जा रहा है।'
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20633-air-india
#AirIndia #Iran #CMD #AshwaniLohani #DGCA #NewYork

इस खास कदम से दोगुनी होगी किसानों की आय
अगले तीन साल की अवधि के भीतर किसानों के आय को दोगुना करने के क्रम में कृषि व किसान कल्‍याण मंत्रालय ने ग्रामीण भारत में डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी का इस्‍तेमाल करने का निर्णय लिया है। डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी के जरिए भारत के गांवों में कृषि संबंधित गतिविधियों का आधुनिकीकरण कर व्‍यवस्‍थित करने की योजना बनाई गई है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20632-2019-06-23-04-29-33
#Agriculture #India #NarendraSinghTomar #RajyaSabha #ICAR

Crackdown on cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog said, the first worldwide regulatory attempt to constrain the rapidly growing sector.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20638-crackdown-on-cryptocurrencies
#Crackdown #cryptocurrencies #FATF #FinTech #GlobalDigitalFinance

Pakistan must implement FATF action plan
India on 22 June 2019 emphasised that Pakistan needs to take all necessary steps to fully implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan by the October deadline. Pakistan, however, claimed that India was politicising the process for its “narrow” objectives. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement that India expects Pakistan to take credible and verifiable steps against terrorism and terrorist finances.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20637-pakistan-must-implement-fatf-action-plan
#FATF #Pakistan #ICRG #India #RaveeshKumar #narrow

New NASA missions to study Sun
NASA will launch two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space weather, the US space agency said. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response, NASA said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20636-new-nasa-missions-to-study-sun
#NASA #solar #GPS #TRACERS #Moon #missions #Sun

The Central Asian nodes in BRI
Ahead of the recently concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Chinese state media provided extensive coverage of Beijing’s recent forays into Central Asia, including into Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. On its website, the state-run Xinhua news agency splashed pictures of the Irkeshtam pass, one of China’s gateways to Kyrgyzstan, a few days before planes ferrying leaders of the eight SCO member countries, apart from observers, flew into Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20635-the-central-asian-nodes-in-bri
#BRI #Asian #SCO #CPEC #XUAR #EuropeanUnion #Irkeshtampass

ASEAN summit in Bangkok
Southeast Asian leaders opened a two-day summit in Bangkok on 22 June 2019, though it was unclear what progress their 10-country group could make on disputes in the South China Sea and the plight of ethnic Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20634-asean-summit-in-bangkok
#ASEAN #Bangkok #COC #Myanmar #10countrygroup #Thailand

PM-KMY launched
The Common Service Centre (CSC), a part of national e-governance scheme under the Central government, has set a target of enrolling 2 crore small and marginal farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) by August 15.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21201-pm-kmy-launched
#PMKMYlaunched #CSC #PMKMY #NarendraSinghTomar

Cancer stem cells can form blood
The role of cancer stem cells in maintaining and spreading a tumour has remained a hypothesis until recently.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21200-cancer-stem-cells-can-form-blood
#Cancerstemcells #blood #CancerInstitute #WIA #stemcells

“Cloaked” black hole discovered
Astronomers from American space agency NASA have discovered evidence for the farthest “cloaked” black hole found so far. The discovery was made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21199-cloaked-black-hole-discovered
#Cloaked #blackhole #NASA #ChandraXray #Sun

Committee for DPP and DPM
A 12-member high-level committee has been formed by the Union government to revise and align the procedure of Defence procurement with the aim of strengthening the 'Make in India' initiative.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21246-committee-for-dpp-and-dpm
#DPP #DPM #Acquisitions #CoastGuard #ICT #Uniongovernment

NSIL begins search for PSLV makers
NewSpace India Ltd, the new public sector space business company, launched a formal search for industry consortia which can regularly manufacture and deliver entire PSLV satellite launch vehicles for its parent, the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21245-nsil-begins-search-for-pslv-makers
#NSIL #PSLVmakers #NewSpaceIndia #satellitelaunchvehicles

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code law notified
The government has notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2019, under which a deadline of 330 days has been set for completion of corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), including litigation and other judicial processes.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21244-insolvency-and-bankruptcy-code-law-notified
#Insolvency #BankruptcyCode #CIRP #voters #lawnotified

Proposals to study interplanetary space
NASA selected two proposals for demonstrating small satellite technologies in a bid to improve space observations and study in the deep space, which may help the space agency develop better models for predicting space weather that affects astronauts and spacecraft.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21243-proposals-to-study-interplanetary-space
#studyinterplanetaryspace #NASA #spacecraft #Sun

Internet may alter brain functions
The Internet can alter specific brain regions and affect our attention capacity, memory processes and social interaction, a study has found. The research showed that the Internet can produce both acute and sustained alterations in specific areas of cognition.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21242-internet-may-alter-brain-functions
#Internet #brainfunctions #OxfordUniversity #alterbrain

Global Climate Risk Index 2020
India is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, according to a report released by Environment think tank, Germanwatch.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22280-global-climate-risk-index-2020.html
#GCRI #COP25 #GlobalClimate #RiskIndex2020 #Germany

Parliament okays corporate tax cut
Parliament on 5 December 2019 approved the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that replaces an ordinance promulgated to cut the base corporate tax rate, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stating that mining companies, software developers and book printers will not be eligible for the lower 15 per cent rate available for new manufacturing companies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22279-parliament-okays-corporate-tax-cut.html
#Parliament #corporate #tax #Amendment #NirmalaSitharaman #FDI

India, 6 others object to restrictions on services trade
India led seven countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in objecting to some nations trying to bring in rules to erect barriers to services trade and cross-border movement of professionals through qualification and licensing requirements, and technical standards.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22278-india-6-others-object-to-restrictions-on-services-trade.html
#India #WTO #WPDR #restrictions #EuropeanUnion

India in World Malaria Report 2019
Seven states account for about 90% of the burden of malaria cases in India, according to the World Malaria Report 2019 released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22277-india-in-world-malaria-report-2019.html
#India #WorldMalariaReport2019 #WHO #malaria

Parker spacecraft unlocks solar mystery
NASA's Parker Solar Probe -- which has flown closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever -- has beamed back the first observations from its close encounter with the Sun, revealing a "spectacular trove" of data about the solar wind and space weather, the US space agency said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22276-parker-spacecraft-unlocks-solar-mystery.html
#spacecraft #NASA #spacecraft #solarmystery #Sun #spectaculartrove

SC upholds amendments SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court on 10 February 2020 upheld the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22827-sc-upholds-amendments-sc-st-act.html
#SC #amendments #SRavindraBhat #ArunMishra #PILs

No plans to give permanent status to FC
The government has no plans to give permanent status to the finance commission (FC), Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said on 10 February 2020. Currently, the government appoints finance commission for a fixed term.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22826-no-plans-to-give-permanent-status-to-fc.html
#FC #RBI #Article280 #NKSingh #FinanceCommission

Solar Orbiter blasts off
Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space on 10 February 2020 night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusive poles.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22825-solar-orbiter-blasts-off.html
#Solar #Orbiter #NASA #spacecraft #sun #Europe

First time ever Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival
The first ‘Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival’ will be held in the capital of Maharashtra this week to showcase the special links between the two cities and to promote ties between India and Israel.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22824-first-time-ever-jerusalem-mumbai-festival.html
#Jerusalem #MumbaiFestival #AmninderSandhu #Israel

Votes to ban homophobic discrimination
Switzerland voted on 9 February 2020 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. The country’s referendum-based direct democracy takes many divisive issues to the populace if enough people demand it.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22823-votes-to-ban-homophobic-discrimination.html
#homophobic #discrimination #Votestoban #Switzerland

NASA unveils 10 years of solar activity
For ten years now, NASA ‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has kept its eye on the Sun.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24118-nasa-unveils-10-years-of-solar-activity.html
#NASA #solaractivity #Sun #SDO #10years

A Massive sunspot
There is a massive sunspot on the Sun that will be turning towards our planet which could result in major strong flares. According to a report by spaceweather.com, the sunspot AR2770, which was deducted earlier this week is expected to grow in size.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24919-a-massive-sunspot.html
#Massivesunspot #Sun #solarflares #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

NASA selects two missions to help better understand earth-sun environment #NASA #newsunmissions
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Watch: KSG DYK - Which of the following statements are correct about Sun’s layers? #SHORTS #UPSC #IAS
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Watch: KSG DYK - What is “solar hamam”? #SHORTS #UPSC #IAS
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KSG Podcast - Earth has a second ‘Trojan’ asteroid | daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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Watch: NASA selects two missions to help better understand earth-sun environment #NASA #newsunmissions
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KSG Podcast - Earth has a second ‘Trojan’ asteroid | daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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Today's Headlines - 16 August 2023
Isro’s space probe to study the Sun
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) released images of the Aditya-L1 mission — the space agency’s first attempt to study the Sun. The satellite has reached the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, for its integration with the launch vehicle, PSLV.

What is the Aditya-L1 mission?

The Aditya-L1 will observe the Sun from a close distance, and try to obtain information about its atmosphere and magnetic field.
It’s equipped with seven payloads (instruments) on board to study the Sun’s corona, solar emissions, solar winds and flares, and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), and will carry out round-the-clock imaging of the Sun.

Why is studying the Sun important?

Every planet, including Earth and the exoplanets beyond the Solar System, evolves — and this evolution is governed by its parent star.
The solar weather and environment affect the weather of the entire system. Variations in this weather can change the orbits of satellites or shorten their lives, interfere with or damage onboard electronics, and cause power blackouts and other disturbances on Earth. Knowledge of solar events is key to understanding space weather.
To learn about and track Earth-directed storms, and to predict their impact, continuous solar observations are needed.
Every storm that emerges from the Sun and heads towards Earth passes through L1, and a satellite placed in the halo orbit around L1 of the Sun-Earth system has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses.
L1 refers to Lagrangian/Lagrange Point 1, one of five points in the orbital plane of the Earth-Sun system. Lagrange Points, named after Italian-French mathematician Josephy-Louis Lagrange, are positions in space where the gravitational forces of a two-body system (like the Sun and the Earth) produce enhanced regions of attraction and repulsion.
These can be used by spacecraft to reduce fuel consumption needed to remain in position. The L1 point is home to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite (SOHO), an international collaboration project of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The L1 point is about 1.5 million km from Earth, or about one-hundredth of the way to the Sun. Aditya L1 will perform continuous observations looking directly at the Sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, has already gone far closer — but it will be looking away from the Sun.
The earlier Helios 2 solar probe, a joint venture between NASA and the space agency of erstwhile West Germany, went within 43 million km of the Sun’s surface in 1976.

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Today's Headlines - 19 August 2023
JWST discovered Earendel
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

Astronomers have embarked on an extraordinary journey, utilizing the powerful gaze of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), to measure the most distant star ever observed - Earendel. This celestial entity came into the scientific spotlight after its discovery by the Hubble Space Telescope in the previous year.

Earendel and history of the universe

The awe-inspiring expansion of the universe since the Big Bang has propelled Earendel's residence to a colossal 28 billion light-years from Earth.
This revelation underscores the dynamic and evolving nature of the cosmos, where space itself unfurls over immense timescales.
Earendel's presence in the distant reaches of the universe was initially pinpointed through the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon where the gravitational pull of a massive foreground object acts like a lens, bending and amplifying the light of a more distant celestial body. This allowed Hubble to identify Earendel's distant glow.
What is Earendel?

Earendel is a distant star that holds the distinction of being the most distant star ever detected.
It was first discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope and has recently been studied further using the James Webb Space Telescope.
Earendel's light has taken approximately 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, meaning that it was shining not long after the universe's creation following the Big Bang.
This star is of significant interest due to its extreme distance and the insights it can provide about the early universe.
JWST's exploration of Earendel

The James Webb Space Telescope, with its unique vantage point and ability to observe in infrared light, built on Hubble's observations.
Employing a similar strategy of gravitational lensing, JWST used the gravitational influence of a cluster named WHL0137-08 to further explore Earendel's mysteries.
The telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) provided captivating insights, revealing Earendel to be a massive B-type star, boasting a temperature more than twice that of our sun and shining with a luminosity a million times greater.
What is JWST?

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a powerful astronomical observatory developed by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
It is designed to be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and is set to provide unprecedented views of the universe in infrared light.

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The points can be used as ‘parking spots’ for spacecraft in space to remain in a fixed position with minimal fuel consumption.
They have been named after Italian-French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736-1813), who was the first one to find the positions. So, between the Earth and the Sun, a satellite can occupy any of five Lagrangian points. “Of the five Lagrange points, three are unstable and two are stable. The unstable Lagrange points – labelled L1, L2, and L3 – lie along the line connecting the two large masses. The stable Lagrange points – labelled L4 and L5 – form the apex of two equilateral triangles. The L4 and L5 are also called Trojan points and celestial bodies like asteroids are found here.

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