Habitable planet found
February 3rd, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) A potentially habitable planet orbiting a nearby star has been discovered by scientists.With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 times ... Read more...
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Earth-sized planets found beyond solar system
December 21st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-sized planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, the US space agency has announced.The planets, called Kepler-20e ... Read more...
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Astronomers unveil ’super-exotic’ exoplanet
April 29th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 29 (IANS) Astronomers have unveiled details of a "super-exotic" exoplanet - described as the densest known solid planet in existence.An exoplanet is a planet outside the solar system.The ... Read more...
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Densest solid planet known ’super-exotic super-Earth’ unveiled
April 29th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): An international team of astronomers have revealed details of a "super-exotic" exoplanet, which is the densest solid planet known.The planet, named 55 Cancri e, is 60 percent larger ... Read more...
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Hot Jupiter exoplanet discovery sheds light on evolution of planetary systems
January 16th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): New findings suggest that the discovery of a hot Jupiter exoplanet that transfers orbital momentum to its host star may hold the key to a clearer understanding of ... Read more...
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Did dead alien microbes spawn life on Earth?
November 16th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): There are numerous theories on how life spawned on Earth and now a new research has indicated that life came from an interstellar origin; hitched a ride on ... Read more...
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‘Earth-like’ planet may not exist
October 14th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 14 (ANI): After an exciting announcement of the discovery of a habitable Earth-like planet, a second team of scientists has cast some doubt on the claim.The planet, dubbed Gliese 581 ... Read more...
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We can detect volcanoes on alien worlds, say scientists
September 8th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Scientists at at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have said that it is possible for us to detect volcanoes on alien planets."You would need something truly earthshaking, an ... Read more...
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NASA discovers 2 new planets
August 27th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Aug 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) NASA with the aid of its Kepler Space Telescope has detected two exoplanets that are shaped like Saturn, and they are crossing in front of ... Read more...
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Scientists discover richest planetary system
August 25th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180 using ESO's world-leading HARPS instrumentThere's evidence of two more planets in ... Read more...
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Brown dwarf star found orbiting a young sun-like star
July 30th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a very young brown dwarf (or failed star dubbed "PZ Tel B") in a tight orbit around a young nearby Sun-like star (PZ Tel A).University ... Read more...
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HD 209458b: Planet found with a comet like tail
July 19th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, July 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have detected a planet that orbits so close around its star, that its atmosphere is blasted away, thus forming a comet like tail when viewed ... Read more...
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New planet orbiting its ‘Sun-like’ star
June 30th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 30 (IANS) A planet about eight times the mass of Jupiter has been confirmed to orbit a Sun-like star, says a study.
The newly-confirmed planet is about 300 times farther from ... Read more...
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First directly imaged planet confirmed orbiting sun-like host star
June 30th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 30 (ANI): A planet just about eight times the mass of Jupiter is orbiting a Sun-like star at over 300 times farther from the star than the Earth is from ... Read more...
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Astronomers detect first superstorm on exoplanet
June 24th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 24 (ANI): Astronomers have, for the first time, measured a superstorm in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, the well-studied "hot Jupiter " HD209458b.The results have been published in the ... Read more...
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Star Jones To Write A Novel
June 13th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) TV host Star Jones is set to write a novel that will talk about the backstage secrets of the TV show world. The plot of the ... Read more...
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Astronomers take picture of exoplanets
April 15th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 15 (ANI): By using a small telescope, astronomers took a picture of three small planets orbiting a star outside the Solar System.The team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) snapped ... Read more...
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Discovery of 9 new planets challenges planetary formation theory
April 14th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered nine new planets-a feat that challenges the reigning theory of the formation of planets.Two of the astronomers involved in the discoveries are based at the ... Read more...
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How ‘cosmic electric toaster’ puffs up planets to gigantic size
March 9th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 9 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have explained how a planet-sized version of an electric toaster heats up some exoplanets to puff up to gigantic size.More than 150 planets ... Read more...
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Hottest known exoplanet slowly being “eaten” by its parent star
February 25th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Astronomers have reported that one of the hottest known planets outside our solar system is slowly being "eaten" by its parent star.First described in 2008, the exoplanet-WASP-12b ... Read more...
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Scientists find Super-Earth
December 17th, 2009 - 10:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) This is a major discovery for astronomers and scientists alike. Astronomers announced this week that they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover “super-Earth” using ground-based telescopes
December 17th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 17 (ANI): A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a "super-Earth" using a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their ... Read more...
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Astronomers find planet with thick, inhospitable atmosphere and icy heart
December 17th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 17 (ANI): A team of astronomers has discovered a new planet that has a thick and inhospitable atmosphere, with three quarters of its surface covered with water ice.The newly ... Read more...
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Astronomers detect distant Jupiter-sized planet eclipsing its host star
September 29th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 29 (ANI): Taking the help of a telescope in Florida, astronomers have pinned down the extravagantly unusual orbit of HD 80606b, a Jupiter-sized planet nearly 200 light years away, which ... Read more...
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Earth-sized moons may orbit around ‘hot Jupiters’
September 12th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, September 12 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that giant gas planets like Jupiter, which orbit close to their parent star, could harbour moons the size of Earth.According to ... Read more...
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First planet that orbits “backward” around its star found by scientists
August 18th, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 18 (ANI): Scientists have found the first planet that orbits "backward" around its star, an eccentricity likely caused by a collision with a larger neighbor early in its life.According ... Read more...
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I’d love to adopt a girl: Rajeev Khandelwal
July 12th, 2009 - 9:13 am ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Television heartthrob Rajeev Khandelwal, who wowed critics and audiences in "Aamir", has a new woman in his life and says he would love to ... Read more...
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Exoplanets which venture near their host stars are doomed to premature deaths
April 29th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 29 (ANI): Two new studies have suggested that exoplanets which venture near their host stars are doomed to premature deaths - even before they get close enough to be ripped ... Read more...
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Scientists announce discovery of lightest exoplanet found so far
April 22nd, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, April 22 (ANI): Scientists have announced the discovery of the lightest exoplanet found so far, which is only about twice the mass of our Earth.The planet, "e", lies in the ... Read more...
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Most Earthlike planet yet found may have water and life
April 22nd, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): In a new research, an astronomer has suggested that the most Earthlike planet yet found has conditions right for liquid water, and life as we know it.According ... Read more...
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Alien worlds with life may snap, crackle and pop
March 25th, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 25 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have suggested that alien worlds which are friendly to life could snap, crackle and pop, in the form of radio signals crackling ... Read more...
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European team discovers smallest extrasolar planet
February 4th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 4 (IANS) A European satellite has discovered the smallest planet outside of our solar system, which is twice as large as earth and orbiting a star slightly smaller than the ... Read more...
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Lightest known exoplanet weighs just 1.4 Earths
January 20th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 20 (ANI): The lightest known exoplanet, called MOA-2007-BLG-192-L b, may be even smaller than earlier thought, according to a study.
Scientists initially believed that the exoplanet weighed 3.3 Earths.
But ... Read more...
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Wobbly planets could reveal Earth-like moons with the potential to support life
December 12th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 12 (ANI): A new research has found that Earth-like moons with the potential to support life, can be found by looking at wobbles in the velocity of the planets ... Read more...
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Discovery of exoplanet with CO2 may lead to detection of other Earths
December 9th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): The discovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet 63 light-years away has fuelled hopes for the detection of habitable exoplanets in the ... Read more...
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