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Study determines age of Saturn's rings, finds that they are really young
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The best proof to date that Saturn's rings are astonishingly young has been provided by recent research headed by physicist Sascha Kempf at the University of Colorado Boulder. This finding may provide an answer to a subject that has baffled scientists for well over a century.
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Astronomers discover heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosph
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere barium. They were surprised to discover barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b two exoplanets, planets which orb
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Check out what is the heaviest element ever found in exoplanet's atmospher
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], October 13 (ANI): The heaviest element ever identified in an exoplanet atmosphere, barium, has been found by astronomers using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory. They were shocked to find barium in the atmospheres of the exoplanets WASP-76
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Newly-discovered planets on the edge of destruction: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York City (New York) [US], January 21 (ANI): According to a new research, three newly-discovered planets were found to have been orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the end of their lives.
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Astronomers create cloud atlas for hot, Jupiter-like exoplanets
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on Earth, and the gas giants orbiting close to their stars -- so-called hot Jupiters -- boast the most extreme.
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NASA: Data from Cassini may explain Saturn's atmospheric mystery
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 7 (ANI): The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants -- Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune -- are hot, just like Earth's. But unlike Earth, the Sun is too far from these outer planets to account for the high temperatures. Their heat source has been one of
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