CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -They found that these star-forming regions are at a distance of around 136 million light-years, whereas the distance of NGC 6902A is around 825 million light-years. This means that the diffuse blue emission was from a foreground galaxy, which they had discovered using FUV and MUSE data. They have named it UVIT J202258.

Detailed explanation-2: -The milky way galaxy is known as the Akash Ganga due to its appearance. Saptarishi means the group of seven sages.

Detailed explanation-3: -It has been named “Saraswati". B. It was discovered by astronomers from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER).

Detailed explanation-4: -Milky Way galaxy is often known as Akash Ganga in Hindi. This is because at the clear night, the entire galaxy looks like a white and wide river especially like River Ganga. This river shaped being in the sky is named as Akash which means sky. This is why it is called as Akash Ganga.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Saraswati supercluster was discovered by a team of astrophysicists from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research led by Joydeep Bagchi and colleagues in Pune, India in 2017.