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Newly Found Earth-Like Planet May Hold Key To Humanity's Survival
- Saturday November 9, 2024
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system, potentially offering insights into Earth's distant future.
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Astronomers Successfully Detect Brown Dwarfs in a Distant Star Cluster
- Friday October 25, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
For the first time, astronomers have detected brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602, situated approximately 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Utilising the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the team sought young brown dwarf candidates in an environment that resembles the early universe, with limited h...
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3 Decades Later, First Brown Dwarf Ever Found Offers A Surprise
- Saturday October 19, 2024
- World News | Reuters
In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener. But it turns out that was not the full story.
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface
- Tuesday October 8, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Recent research indicates that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust. Advanced computer simulations suggest that its surface features and gravity measurements point to a past rich in ice. With its proximity to Earth, Ceres presents a promising target for further exploration, making it t...
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NASA Citizen Scientists Discover Mysterious Object Moving out of Milky Way at an Extremely High Speed
- Tuesday August 20, 2024
- Gadgets 360 Staff
On August 15, 2024, NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project, featuring the contributions of dedicated citizen scientists, made a groundbreaking discovery: an object moving at an astonishing speed of 1 million miles per hour, which will soon escape the gravitational pull of the Milky Way. This hypervelocity object, catalogued as CWISE J124909.08+...
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Scientists Detect Signs Of Strange Planets Forming Inside Dying Stars
- Thursday August 8, 2024
- Science | Edited by Anjali Thakur
These newly-formed planets or their moons could be among the most promising places beyond our solar system to search for life.
- www.ndtv.com
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Astronomers Discover New Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting Jupiter-Sized Red Dwarf Star
- Wednesday May 15, 2024
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is named Speculoos-3b and is located relatively close to the Earth, just 55 light-years away.
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"Planetary Besties": NASA Shares Pic Of Pluto's Largest Moon Charon
- Saturday March 23, 2024
- Science | Edited by Bhavya Sukheja
In its recent post, US space agency NASA shared a picture of planetary besties Charon and Pluto, the two dwarf planet systems.
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Record-Shattering 'Failed Star' Uncovered By James Webb Space Telescope
- Friday December 15, 2023
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
James Webb Space Telescope has identified the new record-holder: a tiny, free-floating brown dwarf with only three to four times the mass of Jupiter.
- www.ndtv.com
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
- Tuesday October 31, 2023
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
- www.ndtv.com
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A Third of Milky Way’s Planets Orbiting Most Common Stars Could Hold Water, Harbour Life: Study
- Tuesday May 30, 2023
- Press Trust of India
One-third of the planets orbiting the most common stars across the Milky Way galaxy may hold onto liquid water and possibly harbour life, according to a study based on latest telescope data.
- www.gadgets360.com
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NASA Shares Stunning Image Of Pluto That Shows Its ''True Colours''
- Sunday November 27, 2022
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, however, it was demoted in 2006 and reclassified as a dwarf planet.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Fluffiest Planet Ever": Scientists Discover "Marshmallow World" In Deep Space
- Monday October 24, 2022
- World News | Edited by Bhavya Sukheja
Scientists are finding all sorts of weird worlds. They've now discovered a gas giant planet with the density of a marshmallow orbiting a cool red dwarf star located 580 light years from Earth. The planet, identified as TOI-3757 b, is the "fluffiest".
- www.ndtv.com
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Newly Found Earth-Like Planet May Hold Key To Humanity's Survival
- Saturday November 9, 2024
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system, potentially offering insights into Earth's distant future.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Astronomers Successfully Detect Brown Dwarfs in a Distant Star Cluster
- Friday October 25, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
For the first time, astronomers have detected brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602, situated approximately 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Utilising the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the team sought young brown dwarf candidates in an environment that resembles the early universe, with limited h...
- www.gadgets360.com
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3 Decades Later, First Brown Dwarf Ever Found Offers A Surprise
- Saturday October 19, 2024
- World News | Reuters
In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener. But it turns out that was not the full story.
- www.ndtv.com
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface
- Tuesday October 8, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Recent research indicates that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust. Advanced computer simulations suggest that its surface features and gravity measurements point to a past rich in ice. With its proximity to Earth, Ceres presents a promising target for further exploration, making it t...
- www.gadgets360.com
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NASA Citizen Scientists Discover Mysterious Object Moving out of Milky Way at an Extremely High Speed
- Tuesday August 20, 2024
- Gadgets 360 Staff
On August 15, 2024, NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project, featuring the contributions of dedicated citizen scientists, made a groundbreaking discovery: an object moving at an astonishing speed of 1 million miles per hour, which will soon escape the gravitational pull of the Milky Way. This hypervelocity object, catalogued as CWISE J124909.08+...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Scientists Detect Signs Of Strange Planets Forming Inside Dying Stars
- Thursday August 8, 2024
- Science | Edited by Anjali Thakur
These newly-formed planets or their moons could be among the most promising places beyond our solar system to search for life.
- www.ndtv.com
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Astronomers Discover New Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting Jupiter-Sized Red Dwarf Star
- Wednesday May 15, 2024
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is named Speculoos-3b and is located relatively close to the Earth, just 55 light-years away.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Planetary Besties": NASA Shares Pic Of Pluto's Largest Moon Charon
- Saturday March 23, 2024
- Science | Edited by Bhavya Sukheja
In its recent post, US space agency NASA shared a picture of planetary besties Charon and Pluto, the two dwarf planet systems.
- www.ndtv.com
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Record-Shattering 'Failed Star' Uncovered By James Webb Space Telescope
- Friday December 15, 2023
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
James Webb Space Telescope has identified the new record-holder: a tiny, free-floating brown dwarf with only three to four times the mass of Jupiter.
- www.ndtv.com
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
- Tuesday October 31, 2023
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
- www.ndtv.com
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A Third of Milky Way’s Planets Orbiting Most Common Stars Could Hold Water, Harbour Life: Study
- Tuesday May 30, 2023
- Press Trust of India
One-third of the planets orbiting the most common stars across the Milky Way galaxy may hold onto liquid water and possibly harbour life, according to a study based on latest telescope data.
- www.gadgets360.com
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NASA Shares Stunning Image Of Pluto That Shows Its ''True Colours''
- Sunday November 27, 2022
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, however, it was demoted in 2006 and reclassified as a dwarf planet.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Fluffiest Planet Ever": Scientists Discover "Marshmallow World" In Deep Space
- Monday October 24, 2022
- World News | Edited by Bhavya Sukheja
Scientists are finding all sorts of weird worlds. They've now discovered a gas giant planet with the density of a marshmallow orbiting a cool red dwarf star located 580 light years from Earth. The planet, identified as TOI-3757 b, is the "fluffiest".
- www.ndtv.com