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Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): The Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens onsite.
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Goldschmidt: AI to help search for life on Mars and beyond
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Washington D.C. [India], June 26 (ANI): NASA has stepped closer to allowing remote onboard computers to direct the search for life on other planets. Scientists from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) have announced first results from new intelligent systems, to be installed in space
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Super-earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf
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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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NASA's telescope captures cosmic flapping 'Bat Shadow'
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking image of a fledgling star's unseen, planet-forming disk casting a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region -- like a fly wandering into the beam of a flashlight shining on a wall.
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Mud downpours might have formed some of Mars's ancient highlands: Study
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): Muddy rains produced by giant impacts into a primordial glaciated Mars may have played a crucial role in the emplacement of kilometers-thick mudstones on Mars, according to a new paper by a team led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Alexis Ro
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Rogue's Gallery of dusty star systems reveals exoplanet nurseries
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California [USA], June 25 (ANI): Astronomers have released the largest collection of sharp, detailed images of debris disks around young stars, showcasing the great variety of shapes and sizes of stellar systems during their prime planet-forming years. All of the images show evidence of plan
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Newly discovered planet zips around baby star in a week
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Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): Understanding how planets form is one of the main challenges scientists face when placing our own and other planetary systems in context. Planets are thought to form from the disk-shaped clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, but this pro
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Western Space team theorises rare exomoon discovery
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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How NASA's Mars helicopter will reach the red planet's surface
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California [USA], June 24 (ANI): NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will travel with the Perseverance rover through 314 million miles (505 million kilometres) of interplanetary space to get to Mars.
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Young giant planet offers clues to formation of exotic worlds
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California [USA], June 23 (ANI): A new study in the Astronomical Journal reports on the detection of the exoplanet HIP 67522 b, which appears to be the youngest hot Jupiter ever found.
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'Solar eclipse can help scientists understand Moon's topology'
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New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The first solar eclipse of the year also known as the "ring of fire" eclipse seen in parts of India on Sunday could help scientists understand the topology of the moon, through pictures according to Dr N Rathnasree, Director of Nehru Planetarium here.
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Maximum visibility of solar eclipse in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana,
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New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): A few regions like Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana will witness maximum visibility of the solar eclipse, which takes place on Sunday.
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