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Study: Magnetized dead star likely has a solid surface
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study, published in the journal Science and led by researchers at the University of Padova, uses data from a NASA satellite, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), which was launched last December. The satellite, a collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency, provides
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Polarized X-rays reveal shape, orientation of extremely hot matter around
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers' recent observations of a stellar-mass black hole called Cygnus X-1 reveal new details about the configuration of extremely hot matter in the region immediately surrounding the black hole.
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New comet study tells us chemical composition of early solar system
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study from the University of Central Florida has found strong support that the outgassing of molecules from comets could be the result of the composition from the beginning of our solar system.
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Mars's crust more complex, evolved than previously thought: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously thought and it may even be similar to our own planet's original crust.
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Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an el
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Scientists use deep planetary scans to confirm Martian core
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of their existence.
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Rare Earth elements synthesis confirmed in neutron star mergers: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of researchers has, for the first time, identified rare earth elements produced by neutron star mergers. Details of this milestone were published in The Astrophysical Journal on October 26, 2022.
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Researchers develop new approach for conducting automated science in space
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
NASA's Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian landscape. At the same time, the crews operating the rovers do all they can to protect them and the billions of dollars behind the mission. This balance between risk and reward drives the decisio
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Scientists discover swirling galaxies unite around red quasar in 'monster'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging together around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings offer an unprecedented opportunity
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Technique for asteroid interior decoding could be used to guide asteroid-d
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): With DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, NASA successfully flew a spacecraft directly at the centre of a close asteroid in late September. The stadium-sized space rock was struck by the one-way kamikaze mission, which successfully reset the asteroid
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Excel Realty N Infra to enter renewable power segment through Joint Ventur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI/PNN): BSE and NSE listed, Mumbai based Excel Realty N Infra Ltd, engaged into Realty and Information Technology sector is planning to diversify into solar power segment. The Company is looking forward and is willing to explore business opportunities in rene
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Astronomers discover heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosph
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere barium. They were surprised to discover barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b two exoplanets, planets which orb
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