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J-K govt starts cleanliness drive to beautify Hokersar wetland, make it ha
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 10 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government has started a cleanliness drive to remove solid waste from the Hokersar wetland on the outskirts of Srinagar city in order to restore its beauty and make it habitable for migratory birds.
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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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Study finds stellar flares can lead to the diminishment of a planet's habi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 9 (ANI): In new study researchers, led by Research Scientist Dimitra Atri of the Center for Space Science at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), identified which stars were most likely to host habitable exoplanets based on the calculated erosion rates of the planetary atmosphere
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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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'Lost' world rediscovery is step toward finding habitable planets
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable 'Goldilocks zone' in a distant solar system.
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New study to search universe for signs of technological civilisations
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [USA], June 20 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian and the University of Rochester are collaborating on a project to search the universe for signs of life via technosignatures, after receiving the first NASA non-radio technosign
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Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 10 (ANI): A team of scientists has expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including a critical climate component -- the presence of airborne dust.
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Exoplanet climate 'Decoder' aids search for life
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell University astronomers have developed a practical model -- an environmental colour "decoder" -- to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies far aw
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Salty liquids on Mars -- present, but not habitable?
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Several recent observations of Mars have hinted that it might presently harbour liquid water, a requirement for life as we know it. However, in a new paper in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers have shown that stable liquids on present-day Mars are n
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Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate Mars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): A Southwest Research Institute scientist has modelled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on the Earth.
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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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University student discovers 17 new planets, including potentially habitab
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 29 (ANI): University of British Columbia (UBC) astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA's Kepler mission.
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