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Sulfur 'spices' alien atmospheres
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 6 (ANI): It is said that variety is the spice of life and now new discoveries from Johns Hopkins University's researchers suggest that a certain elemental 'variety' -- sulfur -- is indeed a 'spice' that can perhaps point to signs of life.
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Far away planet where it rains iron spotted by scientists
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Santiago [Chile], Mar 12 (ANI): An exoplanet, 390 light years away towards the constellation Pisces, has days when its surface temperatures exceed 2,400 degree Celsius, which is sufficiently hot to evaporate metals. Its nights with strong winds then cool down the iron vapour so that it conde
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Cotton candy-like planets may actually have rings
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 3 (ANI): A new research has found that some of the extremely low-density, "cotton candy like" exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have rings.
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Cold Neptune and two Temperate Super-Earths found orbiting near stars
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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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NASA's Webb telescope may be used to identify planets with oxygen: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Researchers in a recent study have found out how to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for quickly identifying nearby planets that could help in researchers search for life and search of the worlds that are uninhabitable due to vapourisation of oceans.
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European Space Agency launches satellite to observe exoplanets around the
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 18 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) launched a new satellite aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that will orbit around the Earth.
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New habitable planet found near our solar system
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 12 (ANI): A new planet near the habitable zone around a bright cool star has been found.
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Are tidally-locked exoplanets more common than believed?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): There's a possibility for a lot more exoplanets to be tidally locked, according to new research.
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Google dedicates its doodle to NASA's seven earth sized exoplanets di
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 23 (ANI): Google has always made sure to celebrate every special affair around the globe.
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