Sunday, November 24, 2013

IBPS Specialist Officer 2013 Notification

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has issued notification for conducting the Common Written Examination (CWE SPL-III) for the recruitment of Specialist Officer Posts in various cadres like IT, Agriculture, Legal, Marketing, HR, Rajbhasha etc. in various Public Sector Banks.   The last date to apply is 14th December, 2013.  

For more details, please visit  IBPS Specialist Officers Recruitment

What are Black Holes?

The Black holes are one of the strange and most fascinating objects found in outer space.  The Black holes are cold remnants of dead stars with extreme density with such a strong gravitational attraction that even light cannot escape from the Black Hole if it comes near it.

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NASA'S MAVEN Mission takes off for MARS

The US Space Agency, NASA has launched its newest Mars Probe towards the Red plant on Monday, 18th November, 2013.   The mission objective of MAVEN is to determine how the Martian atmosphere transformed the world into the desolate wasteland it is today.

A perfect launch on an Atlas V rocket has sent the MAVEN spacecraft on her way to Mars.  The robotic spacecraft called as "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Probe (MAVEN) was launched atop Atlas 5 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 01:28 PM EST (!8:28 GMT) beginning its 10 month journey to the Mars.

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Facts about NASA's Mars Curiosity

The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover counter piece, Curiosity is one of the most ambitious Mars Mission flown by NASA.   One of the prime objective of the Curiosity is to find out if the red planet is or was suitable for life.  One more objective of the Curiosity is study about Mars's environment.

Here are some of the most important facts about Curiosity

India's first Mars Orbiter Mission takes off on 5th Nov, 2013


The PSLV-C25 Rocket carrying Mars Orbiter Spacecraft blasted off from first launch pad in Sriharikota on Tuesday afternoon at 14:38 hrs IST ( 5th November, 2013).  After 45 minutes of flight, the first phase of India's first Mars Mission was announced as successful.

Chairman of ISRO said that the first phase of Mars orbiter Mission is successful soon after the rocket injected the spacecraft into an Earth Orbit after 45 minutes of flight.  

For more details,  please visit :  India's Mars Orbiter Mission takes off