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Scientists model Saturn's interior, explain planet's unique magnetic field
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): New Johns Hopkins University simulations offer an intriguing look into Saturn's interior, suggesting that a thick layer of helium rain influences the planet's magnetic field.
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Astronomers turn up the heavy metal to shed light on star formation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Perth [ Australia], October 6 (ANI): Astronomers from the University of Western Australia's node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have developed a new way to study star formation in galaxies from the dawn of time to today.
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BJP workers injured after helium balloons explode during PM Modi's birthda
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 19 (ANI): Over 30 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers sustained minor injuries after helium balloons exploded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday celebrations in Chennai on September 17.
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IIA scientists discover He-enhanced cool bright stars among metal-rich par
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, has discovered a He(helium)-enhanced cool bright stars among the metal-rich sample of Omega Centauri.
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NASA sounding rocket finds helium structures in Sun's atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 8 (ANI): Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists are not sure just how much there actually is in the Sun's atmosphere, where it is hard to measure.
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Could mini-Neptunes be irradiated ocean planets?
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Many exoplanets known today are 'super-Earths,' with a radius 1.3 times that of Earth, and 'mini-Neptunes,' with 2.4 Earth radii. Mini-Neptunes, which are less dense, was long thought to be gas planets, made up of hydrogen and helium.
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Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 3 (ANI): Scientists at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the detection of J2322+0509, a detached binary white dwarf composed of two helium-core stars with a short orbital period. It is the first gravitational wave source of its kind ever detec
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Just a single grain of moon dust can help understand its soil chemistry
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): Since NASA's last trip to the moon in 1972 there has not been another visit to the lunar surface and with no future visit planned yet, every bit of soil brought back by astronauts is exemplary and precious.
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iPhone malfunctioning? Blame that MRI machine near you
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
California [United States], November 1 (ANI): Not all iPhone users know that their precious device is allergic to the presence of helium and certainly not many would know that something as common as an MRI machine contains liquid helium that can cause an iPhone to stop working.
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Newly-found distant 'warm Neptune' has primitive atmosphere
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 12 (ANI): A team of scientists has discovered a distant Neptune-sized planet that has clear skies and an atmosphere almost entirely composed of hydrogen and helium, scientists have discovered.
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New imaging technique paves way for improved cystic fibrosis therapies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): A team of researchers has developed an imaging technique using a specific form of helium to measure cystic fibrosis drug's effectiveness.
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UP: One killed, two injured in helium cylinder blast in Kanpur
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 12 (ANI): A balloon seller died after a cylinder of helium which he was using to fill his balloons exploded on Sunday.
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