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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Brand new planet-finding technique boosts chances of finding new Earths
July 9th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Using a completely new technique, astronomers from Germany, Bulgaria and Poland have discovered an exotic extrasolar planet-an approach that could find planets as small as the Earth in ... 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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Source of Earth’s mineral riches may be alien in origin
October 19th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 19 (ANI): A new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, has suggested that the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock ... Read more...
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Largest cometary outburst sent “mini comets” flying at 451 kms an hour
September 17th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 17 (ANI): In high-resolution images of comet Holmes, which erupted in 2007, astronomers have detected multiple "mini comets" bursting out at 451 kilometers an hour, which is the largest ... Read more...
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Astronomers claim discovery of planet near Beta Pictoris star
November 22nd, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, Nov 22 (ANI): A team of French astronomers has used the European Southern Observatorys (ESOs) Very Large Telescope (VLT) to detect a planet-like object located very close to the star ... Read more...
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Space oddity may be planet or a failed star
October 7th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct 7 (ANI): The COROT space telescope has discovered a massive planet-sized object orbiting its parent star closely, unlike anything ever spotted before, leaving scientists puzzled as to whether this ... Read more...
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Planets and stars helped to create dusty planetary nebula
March 11th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 11 (ANI): Astronomers at the University of Rochester, US, have determined that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may indeed be responsible for creating the planetary nebula.A planetary nebula ... Read more...
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Newly discovered planet may have water
November 14th, 2007 - 8:36 am ICT by admin
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