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Astronomers detect new planet around closest star to our solar system
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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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NASA selects two missions to help better understand earth-sun environment
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Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): NASA has selected two science missions - the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm - to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment, according to a statement o
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Aurorae in Saturn sky? It's probably due to high altitude winds, says stud
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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
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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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India's solar power capacity increased more than 11 fold in last 5 yrs
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New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): The installed capacity of renewable energy in India has increased to more than 220 per cent in the last four years, and solar power capacity alone has increased more than 11 fold in the last five years.
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Adani Green Energy raises Rs 612.30 cr to refinance debts
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New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Adani Green Energy (AGEL) has raised Rs 612.30 crore through its three subsidiary companies - Adani Green Energy (UP), Prayatna Developers, and Parampujya Solar Energy to refinance existing debts.
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Studies find when puffy planets lose atmospheres, they become super-Earths
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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
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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
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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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Budget 2022: Additional Rs 19,200 cr allocated for PLI for manufacture of
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Budget 2022, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday allocated additional Rs 19,500 crore for production linked incentives (PLI) for the manufacturing of high-efficiency modules. This will ensure the domestic manufacturing requir
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Researchers discover extraordinary black hole in neighbouring galaxy
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Utah [US], January 26 (ANI): Recently, astronomers have discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes found at the centres of galaxies, but bigger than the black holes that are born when stars explode, making made it one of
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