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IAU honours India's first professional meteor scientist Aswin Sekhar, name
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The honour was conferred on him at the 2023 edition of Asteroids Comets Meteors Conference, which took place in Arizona on June 21, 2023.
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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spa
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New comet study tells us chemical composition of early solar system
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study from the University of Central Florida has found strong support that the outgassing of molecules from comets could be the result of the composition from the beginning of our solar system.
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NASA's DART mission to make first attempt at redirecting an asteroid
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): While the vast majority of asteroids and comets are not dangerous, and never will be, it's also true that 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid impact on the Earth likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Study: Why Jupiter lacks ring system like Saturn
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 21 (ANI): Jupiter should have more impressive, larger rings than Saturn since it is larger. However, according to a recent study from UC Riverside, Jupiter's enormous moons block this vision from illuminating the night sky.
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Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to
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Study may explain Source of Nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], April 21 (ANI): New research by scientists may help solve the question of whether our atmosphere was formed by gases naturally emitted by the Earth's interior -- through events like volcanic eruptions or due to comets colliding into the Earth soon after it formed.
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Hubble probes alien comet's chemical makeup
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 20 (ANI): Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is providing a glimpse of another star system's planetary building blocks, using new observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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Researchers find explanation why little Nitrogen could be accounted for ea
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], Jan 21 (ANI): In a recent study researchers have found the explanation for why Nitrogen could be accounted for only in little amounts earlier in the coma or the nebulous covering of comets.
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Scientists find relationship between chemicals found on comets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 5 (ANI): A recent study published in Icarus has revealed similarities and relationships between certain types of chemicals found on 30 different comets, which vary widely in their overall composition compared to one another.
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