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Widest ever separation of brown dwarf pair discovered by scientists
Updated : 4 years ago IST
California [US], February 21 (ANI): A brown dwarf is an astronomical object that is an intermediate between a planet and a star. Brown dwarfs usually have a mass less than 0.075 that of the Sun or roughly 75 times that of Jupiter. A team of astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwa
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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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Researchers observe planetary bodies for first time in habitable zone of d
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [England], February 12 (ANI): White dwarfs are glowing embers of stars that have burned through all their hydrogen fuel. Nearly all stars, including the Sun, will eventually become white dwarfs, but very little is known about their planetary systems. A new study revealed the discovery
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Astronomers observe final moments of planetary remnants for the first time
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Coventry [England], February 10 (ANI): A white dwarf is known to be a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet. It is formed when a low-mass star has exhausted all its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers as a planetary nebula. Astronomers at the University of W
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Peter Dinklage criticises 'Snow White' remake due to dwarf representation
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Actor Peter Dinklage is not very thrilled about the 'Snow White' remake due to the fairytale's "f--ing backwards" depiction of dwarfs.
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Andrew Burnap joins Gal Gadot, Rachel Zegler in Disney's 'Snow White' rema
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): Tony-winning actor Andrew Burnap will be playing the male lead in Disney's live-action remake of the 1938 animated classic movie, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
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Hyderabad man becomes India's first dwarf to obtain driving license
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 5 (ANI): Gattipally Shivpal, who hails from Hyderabad, has become the first dwarf in the country to obtain a driver's license.
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President Kovind confers Padma Shri to Dwarf Para Athlete KY Venkatesh
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Padma Shri to India's leading dwarf para-athlete KY Venkatesh on Tuesday.
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Daily COVID recoveries count dwarfs daily cases for 6th day in a row
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Daily COVID-19 recoveries count in the country has outnumbered the daily new cases for the sixth day on the trot, informed the Central government.
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Improper DNA division leads to human developmental disorder: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], December 15 (ANI): A recent study by University of Alabama at Birmingham describes a rare genetic development disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities in humans.
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Astronomers discover 100 'cool worlds' near Sun
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hawaii [US], August 18 (ANI): Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun -- objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs.
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Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): New detailed observations with NSF's NOIRLab facilities reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, that is unusually dense for its size and age. Weighing in at 25 Earth-masses, and slightly smaller than Neptune, this exoplanet's
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