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Salty liquids on Mars -- present, but not habitable?
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Several recent observations of Mars have hinted that it might presently harbour liquid water, a requirement for life as we know it. However, in a new paper in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers have shown that stable liquids on present-day Mars are n
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Bending the bridge between two galaxy clusters!
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pumm
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South African, US astronomers use MeerKAT to solve mystery of 'X-Galaxies'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): A team of astronomers from South Africa and the US has used the MeerKAT telescope to solve a longstanding puzzle in 'X'-shaped radio galaxies.
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Astronomers find Jupiter-like cloud bands on closest brown dwarf
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 6 (ANI): A team of astronomers has discovered that the closest known brown dwarf, Luhman 16A, shows signs of cloud bands similar to those seen on Jupiter and Saturn.
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NASA picks three companies to develop human landers for Artemis moon missi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 1 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Thursday that it has picked three designs for spacecraft to take astronauts back to the surface of the moon.
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Astronomers could spot life signs orbiting long-dead stars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 30 (ANI): The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant solar systems for evidence of life on Earth-like exoplanets -- particularly those that chaperone burned-out stars known as white dwarfs.
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Asteroid 1998 OR2 to safely fly past Earth this week
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 29 (ANI): A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) object in great detail.
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Travis Scott song debut sets Fortnite record, while Stormi steals the show
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 25 (ANI): American rapper Travis Scott went live for his record-breaking virtual concert on Fortnite. But, the rapper had to cut it short because his adorable daughter, Stormi, demanded more of his attention.
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Hubble marks 30 years in space with tapestry of blazing starbirth
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 24 (ANI): NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space by unveiling a stunning new portrait of a firestorm of star birth in a neighbouring galaxy.
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Interstellar asteroids found hiding in plain sight
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): A new study has identified the first known permanent population of asteroids originating from outside our Solar System. The objects are believed to have been captured from other stars billions of years ago and have been orbiting our Sun in disguise ever
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USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbour in space.
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Birth of 'Snowman' at edge of solar system
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Haifa [Israel], April 23 (ANI): New research by a team of astronomers shed new light on the formation of Kuiper Belt objects, asteroid-like objects at the edge of the solar system, and for understanding the early stages of the solar system's formation.
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