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Modeling explains how Ceres, a dwarf planet, drives unexpected geologic ac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, according to a geoscientist. A dwarf planet and the largest body found in the asteroid belt the region between Jupiter and Mars speckled with hundreds of thousands of asteroids, Ceres had no distinguishable surfac
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Study finds rocking shadow effect in protoplanetary discs`
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): The "rocking shadow" effect, described by astronomers from the University of Warwick, shows how discs in emerging planetary systems are oriented and how they travel around their host star. The outcome also provides hints as to how they might change over time.
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Russia's nuclear-powered space tug to deliver interstellar station to plan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The Zeus unmanned nuclear-powered space tug, which is currently under development in Russia, would be delivering an interstellar space station to the planets of the Solar System while cosmonauts would be flying to the station separately due to long fli
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Nature used 57 recipes to create Earth's 10,500-plus 'mineral kinds'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): A 15-year study details the origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth, a landmark body of work that will help reconstruct the history of life on Earth, guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits, predict possible characteristics of future
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June's dawn sky to be graced by planetary parade
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): An American magazine has shared that a delightful view of all five naked-eye planets will line up in the dawn sky in June. All of them will also be in their proper order from the Sun.
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Reasons behind different colors of Uranus, Neptune: Research
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): According to research at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), researchers have developed a single atmospheric model that matches observations of both planets. The model reveals that excess haze on Uranus builds up in the planet's st
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Planet parade to grace dawn sky in June
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 1 (ANI): A delightful view of all five naked-eye planets will line up in the dawn sky in June, according to a monthly American magazine, adding that all of them will also be in their proper order from the Sun.
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China on quest to find first-ever habitable planet near solar system
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): Chinese scientists have proposed a space project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) to survey the sky with the help of a space-borne telescope, in the quest for habitable terrestrial planets outside the solar system, said CGTN News.
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Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn to align in straight line this week after 100
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 27 (ANI): After 1,000 years, a rare and unique astronomical event will take place during the last week of April when four planets including Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will align in a straight line in the eastern sky for around one hour before the s
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Researchers discover a new form of ice
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new form of ice, which could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.
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Meteorites that helped form earth may have formed in outer solar system, s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 13 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology suggested that these asteroidal materials might have formed very far out in the early Solar System then been transported into the inner Solar System by ch
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4.4 million galaxies revealed by scientists in new study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Durham [England], February 26 (ANI): It is not an unknown fact that our universe has millions of galaxies, of which, we live in one: the Milky Way galaxy. But is it possible to find out how many galaxies are there? In a piece of surprising news, a Durham University astronomer collaborating w
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