Search For "planet"
Dalai Lama tears into "short-sighted" China in hilarious intervi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): When John Oliver, one of the wittiest men on the planet met his holiness the Dalai Lama, one of the most outspoken spiritual leaders, sparks were bound to fly, and their crackling chemistry was clearly visibly for the world to see in the latest 'Last Wee
Read More
NASA spacecraft's close call with Martian moon Phobos
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 4 (ANI): NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), which is in its second year of studying the Red Planet's atmosphere, was recently forced to perform unscheduled maneuver to avert a space-wreck.
Read More
NASA telescope reveals largest batch of Earth-size, habitable-zone planets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 23(ANI): NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely
Read More
Why there are three different layers of iron in solar system?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Feb. 21 (ANI): According to a new study, Carnegie's Stephen Elardo and Anat Shahar shows that interactions between iron and nickel under the extreme pressures and temperatures similar to a planetary interior can help scientists understand the period in our Solar S
Read More
Good news! This is when Justin Bieber concert tickets will go live
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb. 20 (ANI): The organisers are leaving no stone unturned to make Justin Bieber's 'Purpose' concert in India, one of the biggest shows on the planet.
Read More
Meet 'Bernardbowen'- the new minor planet
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 (ANI): In a major development, a team of scientists have officially named a minor planet as 'Bernardbowen' that sits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Read More
NASA needs your help in finding new ninth planet
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 17 (ANI): NASA has called on the world to help it in the search for the new ninth planet, as anyone from a kindergartener to a 95-year-old, can participate in their new project to find the not-yet-discovered celestial body.
Read More
Siberia in defrost mode as planet heats up.
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Dec. 22(ANI):For hundreds of thousands of years, the Siberian permafrost has been a giant freezer for everything buried within it.
Read More
Researchers discover planet-eating star, similar to Sun
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 16 (ANI): In a recent research, a team of scientists from the University of Chicago has made the rare discovery of a planetary system with a host star similar to Earth's sun.
Read More
John Oliver quips about Delhi's 'soupy' air
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): Ace British comedian John Oliver, known for his satirical take on world politics and other newsmakers across the planet, recently joked about Delhi's 'soupy' air in a video shared at Delhi Airport Facebook page.
Read More
Scientists use machine learning to determine stability of planetary system
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 4 (ANI): Machine learning is a powerful tool used for a variety of tasks in modern life, from fraud detection and sorting spam in Google, to making movie recommendations on Netflix.
Read More
Running water left its mark on Mars' surface: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 4 (ANI): According to a recent research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may be the key to understanding how liquid water left its mark on the planet's surface.
Read More