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New type of star covered in Helium burning ashes discovered by Astronomers
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tubingen [Germany], February 16 (ANI): The universe is vast and has a lot of mysteries hidden in it. Discoveries made by astronomers help us in understanding our universe a little better. Now, a team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tubingen, have dis
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Navars Edutech to launch 100 satellite constellations in the next 5 years
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Hyderabad-based space startup "Navars Edutech" envisages launching 100 student-developed satellites constellation with Skyroot Aerospace as a launch partner in the next five years.
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Astronomers offer new theory about mysterious location of massive stars
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], February 3 (ANI): A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Now, astronomers from Georgia State University have found an explanation for
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Moons may yield clues to what makes planets habitable, says study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 2 (ANI): Earth's moon is vital in making it function. It controls the length of the day and ocean tides, which affect the biological cycles of lifeforms on our planet. The moon also contributes to Earth's climate by stabilizing its spin axis, offering an ideal environ
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Earth has not one, but two Trojan asteroids now, reveals recent study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], February 2 (ANI): Trojan asteroid, also called Trojan planet, is any one of a number of asteroids that occupy a stable Lagrangian point in a planet's orbit around the Sun. Recent research by astronomers has discovered the second Earth Trojan asteroid, almost a decade after
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Newly-discovered planets on the edge of destruction: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York City (New York) [US], January 21 (ANI): According to a new research, three newly-discovered planets were found to have been orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the end of their lives.
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Study finds how disorderly young galaxies grow up and mature
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Scania [Sweden], August 27 (ANI): A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in following the development of a galaxy over a span of 13.8 billion years by using a supercomputer simulation.
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'True' Blue Moon to appear on August 22
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): If you are a selenophile, then this news might interest you! The American Astronomical Society has just indicated that if the skies would be clear this weekend, then the full moon of Sunday, August 22, will be a 'Blue Moon'.
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Perseid meteor shower to be visible from August 11
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event, is all set to return on Wednesday night.
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Amid turmoil, Afghan female students win award at International Astronomy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan following US troop withdrawal, a group of Afghan female students from Herat won an award at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition, which was hosted by Poland and was held online in the first week of July.
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India is leading world in sustainable development and clean energy: PM Mod
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India is leading the world in the fields of sustainable development and clean energy while it aspires to become self-reliant in every direction including agriculture to astronomy, disaster management to defence technology and vaccine to virtual reality, Pr
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): Making history in the books of astronomy, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet on Monday.
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