First ever proof of star devouring planet
August 21st, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) Astronomers have come by the first ever evidence of an ageing star devouring its own planet especially after it expanded into a "red giant", the equivalent ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover ‘out of whack’ planetary system
May 25th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): A team of astronomers has discovered a planetary system 'out of whack,' where the orbits of two planets are at a steep angle to each other.The research ... Read more...
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Scientists find new planet orbiting dangerously close to red giant star
November 19th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A team of astronomers from Penn State and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland has discovered a new planet that is orbiting dangerously close to a red-giant star.The ... Read more...
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Detection of extra solar planet’s atmosphere might help in finding extraterrestrial life
December 7th, 2007 - 1:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 7 (ANI): Astronomers have made the first ground-based detection of the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, which might turn out to be an incremental step in finding ... Read more...
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Most luminous supernova ever found
November 14th, 2007 - 2:02 am ICT by admin
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