Discovery of Kepler -10b -- The first confirmed Rocky Planet

Again a stunning news in the world of astronomy.. “Discovery of first Rocky Planet” – “Kepler -10b”. It is a Rocky Planet.. wow…!!

But the only problem is, it is not in habitable zone because its orbital period is 0.84 days, and therefore, it is 20 times closer to its star (Kepler -10), with respect to distance of Mercury from our Sun.

But no worries… it just a beginning… there is a lot to be discovered. But yes there is no doubt that we have already started a glorious journey of revealing the secrets of this mysterious Universe.

No doubt, discovery of Kepler-10b is going to be one of the milestone, which will inspire our scientists to let the thought “Keep Discovering……” alive.

I wish all the very best and give my regards to NASA, ESA, ISRO… and all other space agencies and Institutions and the scientists who are involved in all these discoveries…

I have trust and I believe that one day we will definitely reveal the answer of the question… “Why we are here….?”.

References:http://www.nasa.gov(Details and Image taken from NASA website)

Partial Solar Eclipse Jan-4th, 2011

Dear readers…Once again.. I am back on blogger after a long break.. First of all I would like to Wish a Happy & Pleasent New Year 2011 to all my friends and blog readers.

Same like last year(2010) we will be one of the witness of a beautiful natural phenomena , Solar Eclipse. But not like last year’s Jan-15th ,2010 Annular Eclipse, this year we will see Partial Solar Eclipse today on Jan-4th ,2011.

Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility will be Europe, Africa, Central Asia. The partial eclipse will be visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia. It will end at sunset over Western Asia. It will be visible as a minor partial eclipse over Northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula. The below diagram(Taken from NASA website) shows the trace of today’s partial solar eclipse.

Eclipse can also be seen from India as well (northern India --Delhi and regions north to Delhi). Delhi residents might be able to catch a glimpse of the eclipse between 3.12pm and 3.52pm. Though it would be challenging because moon would cover only 2.7% of the Sun's apparent diameter. So all the very best and I hope you all will have a nice view of this Partial Solar Eclipse

Below is the list of Solar and Lunar Eclipses throughout the year 2011: During 2011, there will be four partial solar eclipses and two total lunar eclipses:

04 JAN 2011   Partial Solar Eclipse

01 JUN 2011   Partial Solar Eclipse

15 JUN 2011   Total Lunar Eclipse

01 JUL 2011   Partial Solar Eclipse

26 NOV 2011   Partial Solar Eclipse

10 DEC 2011   Total Lunar Eclipse

References: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEdecade/SEdecade2011.html
http://wikipedia.org,