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Research explores possibility of life beyond Earth
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
For millennia, caves have served as shelters for prehistoric humans. Caves have also intrigued scholars from early Chinese naturalists to Charles Darwin. A cave ecologist has been in and out of these subterranean ecosystems, examining the unique life forms -- and unique living conditions --
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Researchers discover how impact causes a new planet to 'break up'
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Impacts affect the porosity and structure of moons and planets more dramatically than scientists suspected, increasing their potential habitability for life. Studying how those impacts affect planetary bodies, asteroids, moons and other rocks in space helps
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Researchers observe planetary bodies for first time in habitable zone of d
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [England], February 12 (ANI): White dwarfs are glowing embers of stars that have burned through all their hydrogen fuel. Nearly all stars, including the Sun, will eventually become white dwarfs, but very little is known about their planetary systems. A new study revealed the discovery
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New space discovery reveals how planets form
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 25 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a planet approximately 45 million years old, orbiting one of its brightest young stars. The star and its planet could provide valuable information on how planetary bodies form.
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