NASA’s Messenger fetches first orbital photo of Mercury
March 30th, 2011 - 7:12 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA's Messenger spacecraft, the first ever to enter the orbit of Mercury, has fetched its first photo, the project's website said.The image, the first ever ... Read more...
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Erratic orbits of neighbouring planets may make life sustenance difficult
May 25th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Astronomers have found that fluctuating orbits of surrounding planets around a seemingly habitable planet could render life impossible on it.New findings from computer modelling show that the forces ... Read more...
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Rocky planets around distant star formed from alien dust, say astronomers
January 7th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 7 (ANI): A team of astronomers has found dusty evidence for the formation of young, rocky planets around a star some 500 light-years distant, but one that is completely alien ... Read more...
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Scientists discover smallest terrestrial planet outside Solar System
February 4th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Amsterdam, Feb 4 (ANI): The European Space Agencys (ESAs) COROT space mission has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System, which has a surface to walk on.The ... Read more...
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Movement of iron snow helps to maintain Mercurys magnetic field
May 8th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by admin
Washington, May 8 (ANI): New scientific evidence has suggested that the movement of iron snow helps to maintain Mercurys magnetic field.According to researchers from the University of Illinois (U of I) ... Read more...
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Earth-like planet may be hidden in dusty disk dust around nearby star
February 9th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): A recent survey by a team of Japanese astronomers might have found an Earth-like planet hidden in the dust around a nearby star.Using the Coronagraphic Imager with ... Read more...
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