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ISRO's Aditya L1 solar observatory has reached the Lagrange Point 1, and will be placed into its final orbit soon. The spacecraft is on track to enter what is known as a 'halo orbit' from where it can view the Sun from various angles for a comprehensive solar observations…

A new 'space race' is heating up between the US and China in space exploration, and Lagrange points are emerging as a battleground.Named after the astronomer Joseph-Louis Lagrange, they are locations in interplanetary space where the gravitational pull of two celestial bodies (like the Earth and the Sun) balances the centripetal force needed for a smaller object to orbit steadily between them.There are five different Lagrange points in the Sun and Earth-Moon system, labeled L1 to L5, that result from these unique points…

ISRO's Aditya-L1 is just days away from reaching its destination at Lagrange Point 1 (L1), and shall arrive at its destination in the first week of January 2024. The satellite has travelled approximately 1.5 million km from Earth…

There’s a new limited edition of the Red Magic 7S Pro and it’s made in collaboration with the Infinite Lagrange strategy game available on mobile and PC. The Red Magic 7S Pro Infinite Lagrange sports a silver color with accents from the Infinite Lagrange as well as a special box containing some accessories. There’s a cooling fan attachment, a special case and a 100W charger. The phone is exclusive to China and the official Red Magic Weibo account revealed that users can sign up from the Infinite Lagrange official app…

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is set to orbit the Lagrange point 2 in relation to the Earth and the Sun. But, what does it really mean? Where is Lagrange point 2 located and why is it of note? Explaining the intricacies, the space agency recently tweeted about the orbit that the telescope will follow over the next few months. In the first tweet in a thread, NASA wrote, “So…you've heard that the Webb telescope will be orbiting Lagrange point 2. But what even is that, anyway? And how do you orbit something that isn't an…

Exactly a month after it was launched, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a position in space from where it will quietly observe the many intriguing events of the cosmos. The Lagrange Point 2, as it's known, is located 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth on its nightside. The telescope was put into this orbit following a five-minute nudge by its thrusters. The James Webb telescope has spent the past month gradually and delicately unfolding its mirrors and several other equipment that were packed into the…

In its new home far from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope maybe isn't quite as alone as it seems.The pocket of space occupied by the telescope isn't a total vacuum – and now the inevitable has happened, with a tiny piece of rock, a micrometeorite, colliding with one of Webb's mirror segments.  But there's no need to panic. The engineers that built the telescope are extremely cognizant of the rigors of space, and Webb has been carefully designed to withstand them."We always knew that Webb would have to weather the…