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Study reveals one-third of galaxy's most common planets could be in habita
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found, in the Milky Way, the yellow sun is comparatively uncommon. The vast majority of stars are far smaller, colder, and only have up to half the sun's mass. In our galaxy, countless planets orbit these familiar dwarf stars.
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Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star, the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface. The world is 95% Earth's size and likel
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Researchers observe planetary bodies for first time in habitable zone of d
Updated : 4 years 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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Terai Forest Division develops mixed vegetation to prevent elephants cross
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], February 6 (ANI): Terai Central Forest Division is planting vegetation favoured by elephants in the jungle in order to prevent them from crossing over into human habitable zones, said Divisional Forest Officer Dr. Abhilasha Singh.
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Surprising number of exoplanets could host life, study reveals
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], August 1 (ANI): Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. According to a new study, other stars could have as many as seven Earth-like planets in the absence of a gas giant like Jupiter.
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Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 16 (ANI): A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalysed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.
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Sub-Neptune sized planet validated using Habitable-zone Planet Finder
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): The Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF), an astronomical instrument has confirmed an object initially observed by the Kepler spacecraft is an exoplanet.
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Study suggests 'goldilocks stars' are best places to look for life
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called 'goldilocks zone' where temperatures are favourable for liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet.
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Habitable Earth-size planet found by NASA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of its star.
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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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NASA telescope reveals largest batch of Earth-size, habitable-zone planets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 23(ANI): NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely
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