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NASA Announces Two New Missions to Venus, to Launch at the End of Decade
NASA announced two new missions to Venus that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbour became a hellscape while our own thrived.
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Mars on Earth: Turkish Lake May Hold Clues to Ancient Life on the Red Planet
As NASA's Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey.
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The Quest to Find Signs of Ancient Life on Mars
Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life?
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Earth's Nearest Known "Baby Giant Planet" Discovered
Scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology have discovered a newborn massive planet closer to Earth than any other of similarly young age found to date.
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'Super-Earth' Discovered Orbiting Sun's Nearest Star
Astronomers studied Barnard's Star, a red dwarf just six light years away and noticed the presence of a "frozen, dimly lit world" at least 3.2 times heavier than Earth.
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Frozen "Super Earth" Found In One Of Solar System's Nearest Neighborhoods
Residents of the northern hemisphere, look up: In the faint shimmy of a star above you, astronomers have discovered evidence of an alien world.
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Four Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting Sun-Like Star
Four Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting the nearest Sun-like star, which is about 12 light years away and visible to the naked eye, scientists said today.
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Scientists Find Earth-Like Planet Circling Sun's Nearest Neighbor
Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.
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90-Million-Tonne Asteroid to Pass by Earth, 30 Times Closer Than Nearest Planet
Stargazers are in for a treat as a huge asteroid is set to pass by the Earth at about 11 pm GMT on Sunday. People in India can watch it live on the internet at 4 am on Monday.
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Earth to be closest to Sun on Wednesday
Stargazers will get a celestial treat on New Year with Sun coming nearest to our planet on Wednesday.
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Sun closest to Earth today
The Sun will be closest to our planet today, giving an opportunity to astro-enthusiasts to carry out several experiments. "At 5:53 am tomorrow (Perihelion Day), the Earth will be at its nearest point from the Sun. The distance at that time is 147 million km," Planetary Society of India General Secretary N Sri Raghunandan Kumar said on Wednesday.
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NASA Announces Two New Missions to Venus, to Launch at the End of Decade
NASA announced two new missions to Venus that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbour became a hellscape while our own thrived.
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Mars on Earth: Turkish Lake May Hold Clues to Ancient Life on the Red Planet
As NASA's Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey.
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The Quest to Find Signs of Ancient Life on Mars
Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life?
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Earth's Nearest Known "Baby Giant Planet" Discovered
Scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology have discovered a newborn massive planet closer to Earth than any other of similarly young age found to date.
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'Super-Earth' Discovered Orbiting Sun's Nearest Star
Astronomers studied Barnard's Star, a red dwarf just six light years away and noticed the presence of a "frozen, dimly lit world" at least 3.2 times heavier than Earth.
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Frozen "Super Earth" Found In One Of Solar System's Nearest Neighborhoods
Residents of the northern hemisphere, look up: In the faint shimmy of a star above you, astronomers have discovered evidence of an alien world.
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Four Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting Sun-Like Star
Four Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting the nearest Sun-like star, which is about 12 light years away and visible to the naked eye, scientists said today.
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Scientists Find Earth-Like Planet Circling Sun's Nearest Neighbor
Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.
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90-Million-Tonne Asteroid to Pass by Earth, 30 Times Closer Than Nearest Planet
Stargazers are in for a treat as a huge asteroid is set to pass by the Earth at about 11 pm GMT on Sunday. People in India can watch it live on the internet at 4 am on Monday.
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Earth to be closest to Sun on Wednesday
Stargazers will get a celestial treat on New Year with Sun coming nearest to our planet on Wednesday.
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Sun closest to Earth today
The Sun will be closest to our planet today, giving an opportunity to astro-enthusiasts to carry out several experiments. "At 5:53 am tomorrow (Perihelion Day), the Earth will be at its nearest point from the Sun. The distance at that time is 147 million km," Planetary Society of India General Secretary N Sri Raghunandan Kumar said on Wednesday.
