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Astronomers discover 'cataclysmic' star pair with shortest orbit yet
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a stellar binary, or pair of stars, with an extremely short orbit, appearing to circle each other every 51 minutes. The system seems to be one of a rare class of binaries known as a "cataclysmic variable," in
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Researchers reveals mysterious ripples in the Milky Way were caused by a p
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate. The ripples are caused by a dwarf galaxy, now seen in the constellation Sagittarius, that shook our galaxy as it passed by hundreds of milli
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'Snow White' remake reveals first look, Gal Gadot to play 'Evil Queen'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): With Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot in the lead roles, Disney has given fans their first glimpse at its live-action 'Snow White' remake.
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Disturbances in adjacent dwarf galaxies suggest different gravity hypothes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull on galaxies in the vicinity. A new study challenges this vie
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Modeling explains how Ceres, a dwarf planet, drives unexpected geologic ac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, according to a geoscientist. A dwarf planet and the largest body found in the asteroid belt the region between Jupiter and Mars speckled with hundreds of thousands of asteroids, Ceres had no distinguishable surfac
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Scientists discover 'super Jupiter' orbiting white dwarf
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): Space scientists have discovered a 'super Jupiter' orbiting a white dwarf, detected using direct observations of the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Gaia mission.
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Images of four brown dwarfs taken by group of researchers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): Images of four new brown dwarfs were taken by an international research team from the University of Bern in Switzerland and a group from The Open University.
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Astronomy researchers take images of four brown dwarfs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 10 (ANI): An international team led by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and a group from The Open University have imaged four new brown dwarfs.
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Hidden trove of massive black holes found: Research
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Researchers find hidden trove of massive black holes
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chappel Hill (North Carolina) [US], May 24 (ANI): A team of researchers at the University Of North Carolina has found black holes which offer a glimpse into the life story of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.
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'Match made in heaven': Dwarf couple ties knot in Bihar, locals gatecrash
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhagalpur (Bihar) [India], May 4 (ANI): People of Bhagalpur's Navgachia recently witnessed a rare marriage ceremony where a groom 3-feet tall (36 inches) tied the knot with a 2.8-feet tall (34 inches) woman.
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Gwalior: 28-year-old dwarf man gets job after MLA writes on social media
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 15 (ANI): A 28-year-old Gwalior man with an MBA qualification has claimed that he was not getting employment opportunities due to his short height until Congress MLA Praveen Pathak came to support and help him in landing a job.
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