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ISRO pays tribute to Dr Vikram Sarabhai with Chandrayaan-2's images of 'Sa
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said that to mark the completion of one year of centenary celebrations of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the Father of India's Space Programme, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has sought to pay tribute to him in a
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Radio telescopes find extrasolar planet around main-sequence star
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): An international team of astronomers including Gisela Ortiz-Leon from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn discovered a Saturn-like planet orbiting a small, cool star by detecting the "wobble" in the star's motion caused by the gravi
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Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): New detailed observations with NSF's NOIRLab facilities reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, that is unusually dense for its size and age. Weighing in at 25 Earth-masses, and slightly smaller than Neptune, this exoplanet's
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China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 successfully carries out first orbital correc
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 2 (ANI): China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 successfully carried out its first orbital correction on Sunday morning, Xinhua reported citing the China National Space Administration.
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ExoMars finds new gas signatures in Martian atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted new gas signatures at Mars. These are known to unlock new secrets about the Martian atmosphere and will enable a more accurate determination of whether there is methane, a gas associated with biological or geological
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'Lost' world rediscovery is step toward finding habitable planets
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on Sun
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed 'campfires,' near the surface of our closest star.
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ESA/ NASA's Solar Orbiter returns first data, snaps closest pictures of Su
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): The first images from ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission, are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.
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Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars' biggest moon Phobos
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday shared a recent image of the mysterious moon of Mars, Phobos, as captured by the Mars Orbiter Mission.
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Super-earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gottingen [Germany], June 26 (ANI): In research led by the University of Gottingen, the RedDots team of astronomers has detected a system of super-Earth planets orbiting the nearby star Gliese 887, the brightest red dwarf star in the sky.
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Western Space team theorises rare exomoon discovery
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ontario/London [Canada/ UK], June 24 (ANI): Western astronomers may have spotted six new moons orbiting planets in solar systems far from our own - an otherworldly discovery so rare it must wait on future technologies to confirm. Until then, however, the mere possibility of the find sparks e
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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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