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Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on alien planet
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet of potential life on an alien planet, identifying chemical gases in the atmosphere of K2-18 b that, on Earth, are produced only by living organisms.
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According to research, black holes eat faster than previously thought
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A new study led by Northwestern University is changing the way astrophysicists think about supermassive black holes' eating habits. Previously, physicists hypothesised that black holes ate slowly, but recent simulations show that black holes feed far faster than popular thinking predicts. T
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Researchers measure size-luminosity relation of galaxies less than a billi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An international team of researchers including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) has studied the relation between galaxy size and luminosity of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe taken by the brand-new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST
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Study confirms light from outside our galaxy is brighter than expected
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Rare Earth elements synthesis confirmed in neutron star mergers: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of researchers has, for the first time, identified rare earth elements produced by neutron star mergers. Details of this milestone were published in The Astrophysical Journal on October 26, 2022.
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Hidden trove of massive black holes found: Research
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chappel Hill (North Carolina) [US], May 29 (ANI): A previously overlooked treasure trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies have been found by a team led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Sun may have started life with binary companion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], August 18 (ANI): A new theory published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from Harvard University suggests that the Sun may once have had a binary companion of similar mass.
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Scientists determine 'Oumuamua isn't made from molecular hydrogen ice
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], August 17 (ANI): The debate over the origins and molecular structure of 'Oumuamua continued on Monday with an announcement in the Astrophysical Journal Letters that despite earlier promising claims, the interstellar object is not made of molecular hydrogen ice after all.
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Astronomers discover rare double nucleus feature in a 'Cocoon Galaxy'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Astronomers have revealed in a new study that the so-called 'Cocoon Galaxy' has a unique double-nucleus structural feature and shape.
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Cold Neptune and two Temperate Super-Earths found orbiting near stars
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A "cold Neptune" and two possibly inhabitable worlds are part of a set of five newly found exoplanets and eight exoplanet candidates, who have found themselves orbiting nearby Red Zwilling Stars identified by a team led by Carnegie's Fabo Feng and Paul Bu
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Hot gas feeds formation of material in spiral arms of Milky Way Galaxy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], Jan 14 (ANI): A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has recently gained insights about the origin of material present in the spiral arms of Milky Way Galaxy.
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