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Indian Scientists discover long-sought tiny explosions on the Sun
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 4 (ANI): A group of scientists working at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune, have recently discovered tiny flashes of radio light from all over the Sun.
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Scientists shed light on growth of black holes
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
California [USA], June 2 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI), have shed light on how black holes grow over time by developing a new model to predict if growth by accretion or by mergers is dominant.
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ESPRESSO confirms presence of an Earth around the nearest star
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE).
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Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 3 (ANI): Scientists at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the detection of J2322+0509, a detached binary white dwarf composed of two helium-core stars with a short orbital period. It is the first gravitational wave source of its kind ever detec
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Scientists come across 'Vampire' star gorging on victim
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a 'vampire' star in the midst of a feeding frenzy, with the help of an automated program that is sifting through archived data from the decommissioned Kepler Space Telescope.
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Research advances in understanding the brightest explosions in the Univers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 24 (ANI): Finally, the explanation around some unidentified features of one of the brightest stellar explosions one has ever come across is here. The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics came up with the data on SN 2006gy.
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Study suggests 'goldilocks stars' are best places to look for life
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called 'goldilocks zone' where temperatures are favourable for liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet.
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Map of Milky Way Galaxy reveals presence of stellar nurseries wave
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): Astronomers from Harvard University have found the presence of a wave-shaped gaseous structure named 'Radcliffe Wave' in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Study reveals candy cane structure in the center of Milky Way Galaxy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Maryland (USA), Dec 19 (ANI): Days before Christmas festival, images from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reveal the presence of a candy cane at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.
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Kolkata students create Guinness World Records with largest astrophysics a
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): The Guinness World Records for the largest astrophysics lesson (45 minutes) and assembly of spectroscopes was created at the Science City Kolkata on the first day of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 with the participation of over 1,598
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Scientists present novel aspects of magnetic reconnection
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 9 (ANI): In a recent magnetic reconnection research, scientists have shed light on explosive phenomena in astrophysics and fusion experiments.
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