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Tumultuous migration on the edge of the hot Neptune desert: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Centre of Competence in Res
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Astronomers discover clues about stellar 'glitching'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics of some of the brightest stars in the sky. Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, an international team of researchers has found new evidence that red giants, dying stars that have exhausted their supply of hydrogen and are in the
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Study confirms light from outside our galaxy is brighter than expected
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies, challenging assumptions about the number and environment of stars in the unive
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Research: Space atomic clocks could help uncover nature of dark matter
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Studying an atomic clock on-board a spacecraft inside the orbit of Mercury and very near to the Sun might be the trick to uncovering the nature of dark matter, suggests a new study published in Nature Astronomy.
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Astrologers finally find general neutron star structure
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after the death of a star: the mass of our sun or even more is compressed into a sphere with the diameter of a large city.
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Research: 2400 new eyes on the sky to view cosmic rainbows
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Subaru Telescope successfully demonstrated engineering first light with a new instrument that will use about 2400 fiberoptic cables to capture the light from heavenly objects. Full operation is scheduled to start around 2024. The ability to observe thousands of objects simultaneously wil
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Research: Magnetized dead star has solid surface
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study, published in the journal Science and led by researchers at the University of Padova, uses data from a NASA satellite, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), which was launched last December.
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Astronomers discover closest black hole to earth
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the Milky Way. Its close proximity to Earth, a mere 1600 light-years away,
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Oldest star clusters in universe revealed
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The James Webb Telescope has been used by a group of Canadian astronomers, including specialists from the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto, to identify the most distant globular clusters ever found.
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Mars meteorite impacts reveal fresh information about planet's crust
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Data from two meteorite impacts on Mars recorded by NASA's InSight spacecraft provide new insights into the structure of the Martian crust.
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Researchers discover largest known fresh meteorite strike on Mars
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have helped discover the largest fresh meteorite impact craters on Mars since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began scouring the planet for them 16 years ago, one of which contained ice at the lowest altitude ever observed.
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Life on other planets or space creatures narrowed down
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], October 21 (ANI): The most prevalent type of star in the universe, the M dwarf, has an Earth-like planet orbiting it that appears to have no atmosphere at all. This discovery could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
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