ISRO rocket LVM-3 places 6000-kg US satellite – its heaviest – into orbit | Technology News

India’s heaviest launch vehicle LVM-3, in its third commercial mission, placed US communication satellite Bluebird Block-2 in a precise orbit early Wednesday morning. Weighing around 6,100 kg, it was the…

Beyond our orbit: The strangest planets we’ve found so far

* DARK AS COAL: TrES-2b is an orb so dark, it is said to be less reflective than coal. The reason: at an estimated 1200 degrees Celsius, it is too…