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Bhubaneswar: CM Patnaik felicitates winners of Young Astronomer Talent Sea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday felicitated top 20 winners of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) 2019-20 at a function held here in Pathani Samanta Planetarium.
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Spotted something 'out of ordinary' in NASA's images: Chennai engineer who
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 03 (ANI): Chennai-based amateur astronomer Shanmuga Subramanian spotted something "out of the ordinary" in images released by NASA that led to locate debris on the surface of the moon of ISRO's Vikram lander of its Chandrayaan-2 mission.
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Spent 7-8 hours each day for 4-5 days on this: Shanmuga Subramanian on dis
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Shanmuga Subramanian, an amateur astronomer from Chennai who discovered debris of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram Lander on the surface of the moon, said that he spent seven-eight hours each day for four-five days and hoped that it would inspire others as we
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Astronomers discover a superfast star coming out of supermassive black hol
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): Travelling at an extreme speed of six million km/hour, astronomers observed an ultrafast star ejected by a supermassive black hole at the heart at the Milky Way five million years ago.
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Saturn outshines Jupiter with discovery of 20 new moons!
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 9 (ANI): It's time to move over Jupiter and hail the new moon king - Saturn!
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Astronomers detect water vapour on an exoplanet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 15 (ANI): In their quest to find a planet where conditions can lead to the proliferation of life, astronomers have discovered water vapour on the exoplanet K2-18b.
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Fluorescent glow may reveal hidden life in the cosmos: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): Astronomers uncovered a new way of searching for life in the cosmos through harsh ultraviolet radiation flares from red suns that once helped to destroy surface life on planets.
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Astronomers working on technologies that may help battling breast, skin ca
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 4 (ANI): It might sound uncanny but astronomers are working to design technologies that could help in battling against breast and skin cancer. The science behind the technology is based on light!
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First-ever blackhole to be photographed christened 'Powehi'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hawaii [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): The first-ever blackhole to be pictured has been named 'Powehi' by a Hawaiian professor Larry Kimura, who was tasked with the job by astronomers involved in the project.
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Astronomers capture first ever image of a black hole
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): In major breakthrough, researchers have unveiled the first-ever direct visual evidence of black hole and its shadow.
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Milky Way galaxy is due for huge collision in 2 billion years: Study
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 13 (ANI): Astronomers have long estimated that the Andromeda galaxy will collide with the Milky Way galaxy around 8 billion years from now.
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NASA bids final adieu to Kepler Space Telescope
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [United States], November 19 (ANI): The out-of-fuel Kepler Space Telescope has been officially put to sleep by NASA.
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