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Far away planet where it rains iron spotted by scientists
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Santiago [Chile], Mar 12 (ANI): An exoplanet, 390 light years away towards the constellation Pisces, has days when its surface temperatures exceed 2,400 degree Celsius, which is sufficiently hot to evaporate metals. Its nights with strong winds then cool down the iron vapour so that it conde
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Sneha Mohandoss shares her journey on PM Modi's Twitter account, appeals p
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday handed over his social media accounts to seven women achievers, founder of NGO Food Bank India Sneha Mohandoss shared her journey, urging people to feed a needy person and contribute to a hunger-free planet.
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Indian poet and African musician come together for 'Mars Anthem'
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New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. has teamed up with the Kenyan artist Kapnea for Mars Anthem--an anthem for neighbouring red planet.
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Cotton candy-like planets may actually have rings
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Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 3 (ANI): A new research has found that some of the extremely low-density, "cotton candy like" exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have rings.
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University student discovers 17 new planets, including potentially habitab
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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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Astronomers spot far-away planet that could possibly support life
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Cambridge [England], Feb 27 (ANI): Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth which could be potentially habitable. This discovery might take us a step closer to search for life on planets significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
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Ancient meteorite site on Earth could reveal new clues about Mars' past
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Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): Scientists have devised new analytical tools to break down the enigmatic history of Mars' atmosphere and whether life was once possible there.
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On this day: Tendulkar became first man on planet to score double century
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New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): It was on February 24, 2010, when Sachin Tendulkar became the first man on the planet to score a double century in the 50-over format.
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Sub-Neptune sized planet validated using Habitable-zone Planet Finder
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Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): The Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF), an astronomical instrument has confirmed an object initially observed by the Kepler spacecraft is an exoplanet.
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How newborn stars prepare for birth of planets
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Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 20 (ANI): An international team of astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars in the Orion clouds.
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New Horizons space probe provides insights about planet formation
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons provided the science community with fresh new insights about the process of planet formation after it flew past a celestial body named Arrokoth, which is situated at the fringes of our solar system in the Kui
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Moon to pass before Mars on February 18 before sunrise
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Feb 15 (ANI): If it's clear on the morning of Tuesday, February 18th, you could see Mars wink out as the Moon passes in front of the Red Planet in what is known as an occultation. The Moon will cover up Mars five times in 2020, but February's occultation is the only
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