Tag: Pathani Samanta Planetarium

The Odisha government on Friday announced to close the two famous planetariums in the State for the public from January 10 in view of the surging cases of Covid-19.

Bhubaneswar: The first solar eclipse of 2019 will take place on January 7. It will be a partial solar eclipse and the phenomenon will start from 5 am and will continue till 8:18 am tomorrow, informed Director of Pathani Samanta Planetarium Dr. Subhendu Pattnaik. Though this partial solar eclipse will not be visible in India […]

Bhubaneswar: The Pathani Samanta Planetarium here in the city has become non-operational since last three days with no apparent efforts from the authorities to restore operation has put a damper on hundreds of tourists visiting the famous site. “It is very discouraging that I did not know that the planetarium was closed until I came […]

Sambalpur: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the second planetarium of Odisha, named after APJ Abdul Kalam in Sambalpur today. The planetarium, constructed by the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) at a cost of Rs 5.60 crore, has a capacity of 170 to 180 visitors. The planetarium has been set up to create awareness on […]

Bhubaneswar: Celebrating the 10th year of Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS), Tata Steel in collaboration with Pathani Samanta Planetarium (PSP) has brought the much acclaimed Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the first time to Odisha. The week-long exhibition was inaugurated today at the Pathani Samanta Planetarium in the […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to nurture the minds and imagination of budding talents to explore the mysteries from beyond earth and to provide an ace platform for high school students to explore Space Science and Astronomy, the zonal round competition of the 10th Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) was conducted by Tata Steel in collaboration […]

Bhubaneswar: The people of Odisha witnessed the Super Moon (November’s full Beaver Moon), a rare celestial phenomenon this evening after 68 years. Talking to media persons here, Subhendu Patnaik, deputy director, Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar, said the November’s super moon is a term used to describe a full moon when it is at its perigee […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday felicitated the top 20 winners of the 11th Edition of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) Programme for the year 2017-18 at Pathani Samanta Planetarium here. Patnaik also felicitated a young achiever from Odisha, Dr Susmita Mohanty, Co-Founder and CEO, Earth2Orbit, and a spaceship designer and serial space […]

Bhubaneswar: Scores of stargazers and astronomers fix their eyes on the sky as the last solar eclipse of this year began at 8:29 AM in India. Though the celestial phenomenon is hard to resist, the experts have barred people to see the eclipse with naked eyes. Watch below, moments of the spectacular ‘Ring of Fire’ […]

At a time when the world is already grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, the news on likelihood of a mega asteroid ‘hitting the earth’ on April 29 has kept social media abuzz with theories of doomsday. It may be noted that US Space Agency NASA had said that an asteroid of a fairly large size will […]

Bhubaneswar: The comet Neowise officially called C/2020 F3 Neowise which has been capturing a lot of eyeballs in the last few weeks is also visible in Odisha skies. As reported, sky-watchers across India are getting the spectacular view of the rare comet from cloud-free areas using either space telescope or binoculars from July 16. Malaya […]

Bhubaneswar: After months-long coronavirus curb, Pathani Samanta Planetarium in the capital city Bhubaneswar is set to reopen from February 2, 2021. Besides, APJ Kalam Planetarium in Burla and the Pathani Samanta Museum at Khandapada in Nayayagarh district, which were shut down in March last year after the outbreak of the pandemic, will also open doors […]