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Researchers examine link between winds and temperature of Venus
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], February 27 (ANI): The second planet in our Solar System is the ever glowing Venus. Underneath its thick mantle of acid sulfuric clouds, at the surface, 460 degrees Celsius are the rule.
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Researchers identify secret of Venus, hidden in heat of night
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], February 23 (ANI): The second planet in our Solar System, which shines like a bright star when seen from the Earth and named after the Roman goddess of beauty, is the ever glowing Venus. Underneath its thick mantle of acid sulfuric clouds, at the surface 460 degrees Celsiu
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NASA-ESA's solar orbiter captures largest 'solar prominence eruption' ever
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Paris [France], February 22 (ANI): The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint project of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) has captured the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full
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Astronomers detect new planet around closest star to our solar system
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Santiago [Chile], February 11 (ANI): Astronomers have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System.
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Aurorae in Saturn sky? It's probably due to high altitude winds, says stud
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leicester [England], February 8 (ANI): Saturn is the sixth planet in the solar system which has extremely large and bright rings around it. Now, Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
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Study offers explanation for unusual motions in solar flares
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Massachusetts [US], February 7 (ANI): Solar flames are defined as an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. They are seen as bright areas on the sun and they can last from minutes to hours. In January 1999, scientists observed mysterio
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Studies find when puffy planets lose atmospheres, they become super-Earths
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hawaii [US], February 4 (ANI): Mini-Neptunes are a class of exoplanets, which are planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. These worlds, which are smaller, denser versions of the planet Neptune, consist of large rocky cores surrounded by thick blankets of gas. Studies have identifi
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Astronomers offer new theory about mysterious location of massive stars
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], February 3 (ANI): A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Now, astronomers from Georgia State University have found an explanation for
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Study finds what rise of oxygen on early Earth reveals about life on other
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Montreal [Canada], February 3 (ANI): The question which always intrigues astronomers is, when did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from McGill University have discovered that a rise in oxygen levels occurred in step with the evolution and expansion
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Electromagnetic 'tug-of-war' lights up Jupiter's upper atmosphere, says st
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leicester [England], February 3 (ANI): The largest planet of the solar system, Jupiter, houses a lot of mysteries in it. New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex 'tug-of-war' lights up aurorae in Jupiter's upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NAS
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Study provides new insights into seasons on a planet outside our solar sys
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Montreal [Canada], January 23 (ANI): A recent study provided new insights into what seasons looked like on a planet outside our solar system.
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Rutva, a 7-year-old Indian, UAE resident, created two World Records in Eng
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 9 (ANI/PNN): Rutva Nikhil Pore, a 7-year-old proud Indian girl, blessed resident of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for the last 5 years, has created two World Records in one attempt on November 15, 2021 by reciting:
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