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Moon to pass before Mars on February 18 before sunrise
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Feb 15 (ANI): If it's clear on the morning of Tuesday, February 18th, you could see Mars wink out as the Moon passes in front of the Red Planet in what is known as an occultation. The Moon will cover up Mars five times in 2020, but February's occultation is the only
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Astronomers discover rare double nucleus feature in a 'Cocoon Galaxy'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Astronomers have revealed in a new study that the so-called 'Cocoon Galaxy' has a unique double-nucleus structural feature and shape.
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Researchers release never-seen-before detailed images of Sun
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hawaii [US], Jan 30 (ANI): Researchers have recently released a never-before-seen detailed view of the Sun using the largest solar telescope - Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST).
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Never-before-seen images of Sun's turbulent surface released
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hawaii [US], Jan 30 (ANI): Astronomers on Wednesday (local time) released what they said were the most detailed images ever taken of the surface of our Sun.
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Scientists come across 'Vampire' star gorging on victim
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a 'vampire' star in the midst of a feeding frenzy, with the help of an automated program that is sifting through archived data from the decommissioned Kepler Space Telescope.
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Stellar heavy metals help astronomers trace history of galaxies
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jan 10 (ANI): After recent research, astronomers have prepared a catalog of signs of nine heavy metals in the infrared light from supergiant and giant stars which can help them in tracing the history of galaxies.
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Study suggests 'goldilocks stars' are best places to look for life
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called 'goldilocks zone' where temperatures are favourable for liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet.
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Astronomers measure expansion rate of Universe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Maryland [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers have measured the expansion rate of the universe using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with a technique completely independent of any previous technique.
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Habitable Earth-size planet found by NASA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of its star.
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NASA's Webb telescope may be used to identify planets with oxygen: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Researchers in a recent study have found out how to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for quickly identifying nearby planets that could help in researchers search for life and search of the worlds that are uninhabitable due to vapourisation of oceans.
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NASA releases image of Perseus Molecular Cloud
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released images of a 'burning' cloud or the Perseus Molecular Cloud captured by its Spitzer Space Telescope.
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For students in Nepal, solar eclipse was hands-on experience
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 26 (ANI): Students from various Nepali schools and varsities flocked Kathmandu's BP Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum on Thursday as the observatory had made special arrangements to view the solar eclipse through a telescope directly.
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