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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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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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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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