The landing site of Chandrayaan 3, known as ‘Shiv Shakti’, has been officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. This recognition was granted six months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the name following the touchdown of the Vikram lander. India’s achievements in space go beyond Chandrayaan 3, with astronomers discovering two ancient streams of stars named ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’. These streams are considered to be among the earliest building blocks of the Milky Way Galaxy and were identified using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. The stars in ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’ have similar chemical compositions and are believed to have formed 12-13 billion years ago. Each structure has a mass approximately 10 million times greater than that of our sun. In Hinduism, the union of Shiva and Shakti is said to have given rise to the cosmos. The discovery of these structures sheds light on the Milky Way’s early turbulent stages and contributes to our understanding of how galaxies form in the universe. The Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have originated from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, with gas, dust, and stars gradually coming together to form its irregular shape.
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