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Indian-origin scientist claims detection of possible signs of life outside
Updated : 11 months ago IST
A repeated analysis of the exoplanet's atmosphere suggests an abundance of a molecule that on Earth has only one known source: living organisms such as marine algae.
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Alien planet found spiralling to its doom around ageing star
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
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Evidence suggests there's a newly formed planet in the universe
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], September 18 (ANI): Even though the universe has hundreds of protoplanetary discs, which are the bands of gas and dust encircling newly formed young stars, it has been challenging to observe genuine planetary birth and development in these settings.
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New evidence shows there's one more planet in the Universe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], September 15 (ANI): All astronomers concur that planets are created in protoplanetary discs, which are the bands of gas and dust that encircle newly formed, young stars. Even though the universe has hundreds of these discs, it has been challenging to observe g
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Researchers discover how impact causes a new planet to 'break up'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Impacts affect the porosity and structure of moons and planets more dramatically than scientists suspected, increasing their potential habitability for life. Studying how those impacts affect planetary bodies, asteroids, moons and other rocks in space helps
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Astronomers detect new planet around closest star to our solar system
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Santiago [Chile], February 11 (ANI): Astronomers have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System.
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50 new planets confirmed in machine-learning first
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 26 (ANI): Fifty potential planets have had their existence confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by the University of Warwick scientists.
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Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars' surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to a new study by Western and UBC researchers.
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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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NASA mission could now find more than 1,000 planets
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 26 (ANI): A new research now finds that a NASA telescope will give humans the largest, deepest, clearest picture of the universe since the Hubble Space Telescope could find as many as 1,400 new planets outside Earth's solar system.
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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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This new planet has 3 suns!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 8 (ANI): The idea of experiencing constant daylight or enjoying triple sunrises and sunsets each day might sound crazy to you, but a team of astronomers has found such a world that has not one, not two, but three suns.
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