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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Alien find likelier after NASA finds evidence of over 1,200 more planets
February 3rd, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 3 (ANI): After NASA revealed that it has found evidence for over 1200 planets more, the chances of discovering alien life are a lot higher.And according to some experts, 54 ... Read more...
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Nasa space telescope spots odd new solar system
February 3rd, 2011 - 2:48 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a planetary system including six planets orbiting a Sun-like star called Kepler-11, located approximately 2,000 light years from Earth.
"Kepler-11 is a remarkable system ... Read more...
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Faint planet hidden in star’s glare revealed
October 16th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): University of Arizona's scientists have found a way to see faint planets previously hidden in their star's glare.Installed on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, or VLT, ... Read more...
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Get ready to see the elusive ‘False Dawn’ of zodiacal light next week
September 10th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 10 (ANI): Over the next week, sky-watchers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a rare chance to see an elusive celestial pyramid known as the zodiacal light.The triangular tower ... Read more...
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Venus may have been a land of volcanoes?
April 9th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 9 (IANS) A new research suggests that the planet Venus could have been resurfaced by volcanoes.
The second rock from the sun appears to have been volcanically active; perhaps within ... Read more...
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Fire sweeping through inner solar system may have burned up Earth’s carbon
January 20th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 20 (ANI): Scientists have attributed the mysterious carbon deficit on our planet to fire sweeping through the inner solar system that may have scorched away much of the carbon from ... Read more...
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Inner Planets: A Dying Star Called Betelgeuse
August 8th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by GD
Keiichi Ohnaka at the Max Planck Institute For Radio Astronomy heads a group of astronomers doing a project on the most recent Dying Star called Betelgeuse, and have discovered that the gases ... Read more...
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Broken dwarf planet may have scarred the Moon in early solar system
June 11th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 11 (ANI: A new analysis of craters of the Moon has suggested that the shattered remnants of a dwarf planet may have bombarded the inner planets in the early solar ... Read more...
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Jupiter’s gravity could trigger chain reaction of planetary collisions one day
June 11th, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 11 (ANI: In a grim scenario put forward by scientists, the gravity of Jupiter could one day pull Mercury off course, triggering a chain reaction of collisions in the Solar ... Read more...
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Asteroids may have boosted life on Earth 3.9 billion years ago
May 21st, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 21 (ANI): A new study has indicated that the bombardment of Earth by asteroids 3.9 billion years ago may have enhanced early life rather then wipe it out.The study, by ... Read more...
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Hidden exoplanet seen by scientist in Hubble’s archives
April 2nd, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 2 (ANI): A scientist has identified an exoplanet that went undetected in Hubble images taken in 1998.The scientist, David Lafreniere of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, detected the planet ... Read more...
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Life may have survived Earths early pounding 3.9 billion years ago
March 11th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 11 (ANI): A new analysis has suggested that microbes living deep underground could have survived the massive barrage of impacts that blasted the Earth 3.9 billion years ago.This means ... Read more...
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Ocean worlds may be dying stars last haven for life
December 11th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): A new study has suggested that large and distant ocean worlds could provide a last refuge for life around Sun-like stars, long after the heat of the ... Read more...
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Earth, Moon and Mars may have different origins
March 20th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 20 (ANI): A new study has challenged the notion that the whole solar system formed from the same raw materials, and has suggested that planetary bodies like Earth, its ... Read more...
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New unmanned moon mission may unlock planets mysteries
December 17th, 2007 - 4:32 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): NASA and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have announced a mission to map the moons internal structure, gravity and reconstruct its thermal history, also helping to unlock secrets ... Read more...
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