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'Super-Earth' can be orbiting our nearest neighboring star
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Findings from a recent analysis of our closest neighboring star Proxima Century suggest that it may be orbited by a previously unknown planet.
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Oldest solid meteorite material found in Australia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A meteorite that fell in Australia back in 1999 has the oldest solid meteorite material found on Earth till date, proved a recent study.
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High school intern at NASA discovers new exoplanet orbiting two stars
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Sattelite (TESS) mission is credited with the discovery of several planets that lie far outside our own solar system.
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Study reveals some gnome galaxies host massive blackholes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A new hint towards finding out the early history of galaxy formation comes up as the astronomers discover 13 new black holes in some dwarf galaxies which are not more than a billion light-years away from our planet.
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Study suggests 'goldilocks stars' are best places to look for life
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called 'goldilocks zone' where temperatures are favourable for liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet.
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NASA discovers Earth-sized planet with habitable conditions within 100 lig
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Scientists have found the first earth-sized planet with habitable potential- where liquid water exists. The additional good news is that the planet is comparatively closer to our solar system.
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Habitable Earth-size planet found by NASA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of its star.
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Ravi Ashwin wants everyone to work collectively on climate reversal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Citing Australia bushfire, India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday urged everyone to work collectively on climate reversal, saying that the planet is increasingly becoming uninhabitable.
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NASA's Webb telescope may be used to identify planets with oxygen: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Researchers in a recent study have found out how to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for quickly identifying nearby planets that could help in researchers search for life and search of the worlds that are uninhabitable due to vapourisation of oceans.
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MCG match, one of the two most iconic Tests on the planet: Kevin Roberts
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Dec 27 (ANI): Cricket Australia's CEO Kevin Roberts has said that the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Test is one of the two most iconic matches on the planet, alongside the one at the Lord's Cricket Ground.
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For students in Nepal, solar eclipse was hands-on experience
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 26 (ANI): Students from various Nepali schools and varsities flocked Kathmandu's BP Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum on Thursday as the observatory had made special arrangements to view the solar eclipse through a telescope directly.
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Climate Change may not be only threat to vulnerable species: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Dec 25 (ANI): Climate change may not be the only threat to species of the planet in the present scenario, says a study conducted by researchers who studied the effects of deforestation on two species of Lemur.
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