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Cosmic ring of fire: Astronomers see super-rare type of galaxy
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 26 (ANI): A team of astronomers has captured an image of a rare type of galaxy, which is described as a "cosmic ring of fire" - as it existed 11 billion years ago.
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Galactic crash may have triggered Solar System formation
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 25 (ANI): The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our galaxy, the Milky Way, and a smaller galaxy called Sagittarius, discovered in the 1990s to be orbiting our galactic hom
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Astronomers spot twinkling heart of milky way using ALMA
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 23 (ANI): Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*.
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Undergraduate student helps reveal how galaxies and black holes grow toget
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 21 (ANI): Over the past two decades, astronomers have concluded that most, if not all, galaxies host massive black holes at their centres and the masses of a black hole and its host galaxy are correlated. But how are the two connected?
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Exoplanet climate 'Decoder' aids search for life
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell University astronomers have developed a practical model -- an environmental colour "decoder" -- to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies far aw
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet may be the result of mud volcanoes.
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You gave me wings: Ayushmann Khurrana extends birthday greetings to his fa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Posting a monochrome picture of his father P Khurrana, actor Ayushmann Khurrana on Monday extended birthday greetings to him.
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Phil Lord, Chris Miller team up with Ryan Gosling for Astronaut Thriller
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to blast off into space, as the duo is on board to direct and produce an adaptation of 'The Martian' author Andy Weir's forthcoming novel 'Project Hail Mary.'
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Former Astros legend Bob Watson passes away
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Houston [USA], May 15 (ANI): Former American baseball player and Houston Astros legend Bob Watson passed away on Thursday evening (local time) in Houston at the age of 74.
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Astronomers using Subaru Telescope determine that TRAPPIST-1 planetary orb
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have determined that the Earth-like planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are not significantly misaligned with the rotation of the star.
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SOFIA finds hidden clues in Pluto's haze
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 14 (ANI): Observations made with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) -- a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope -- has helped explain how Pluto's haze is formed and how the distant Sun affects the dwarf planet fro
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Astronomers decipher rhythm among young stars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Honolulu [Hawaii], May 14 (ANI): An international team of astronomers including researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa detected a rhythm of life for a class of stellar objects that puzzled scientists until now, by listening to the beating hearts of stars.
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