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School Students In India Discover 18 New Asteroids
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation which assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed the discovery of 18 new asteroids by Indian students as part of a global science programme.
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The Bizarre, Brilliant And "Sometimes Nerdy" Rules For Naming New Stuff In Space
The International Astronomical Union's brilliant, byzantine and sometimes marvelously nerdy naming guidelines help bring order to our crowded skies.
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New Dwarf Planet Spotted At The Very Fringe Of Solar System
A previously unknown dwarf planet circles through the far reaches of our solar system, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center announced Tuesday.
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Jupiter Has 12 More Moons Than Previously Thought, Astronomers Discover
On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons - bringing Jupiter's total to 79 moons.
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Astronomers Discover 12 More Moons Of Jupiter, Including An Oddity
Our solar system's oldest and biggest planet, Jupiter, has many moons. And astronomers have just announced the discovery of a dozen more. On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons -- bringing Jupiter's total to 79 moons, said Scott Sheppard, a scientist at the Carnegie I...
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Pluto Mountains Named After Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.
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'Universe is Slowly Dying,' Say Australian Researchers
The universe is dying but there is no need to panic as there is still about 100 billion years to go, reveals a group of Australian researchers.
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Japan Space Scientists Hunting for New Asteroid Name
The name has to be no more than 16 alphabetic letters long, and must not be commercial.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Makes Pluto Flyby Nine Years After Leaving Earth
Scientists at Nasa's New Horizons mission control centre are celebrating the spacecraft's dramatic flyby of Pluto, the last unexplored world in the solar system.
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After Nine Year Sleep, NASA's New Horizons Awakes to Begin Mission
NASA's New Horizon's Mission, launched in 2005, has been awoken from hibernation to begin its study of the dwarf planet. The signals from the spacecraft take close to four-and-a-half hours to reach Earth.
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Mars name-a-crater scheme runs into trouble
The world's paramount astronomical authority on Tuesday slapped down a bid to hawk the names of Mars' craters, saying the Red Planet's monickers are not up for sale.
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School students from Delhi, Gurgaon discover two asteroids
Four school students of Delhi and Gurgaon have discovered two asteroids which will soon be listed in world's official minor body catalogue maintained by International Astronomical Union (IAU), Paris.
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School Students In India Discover 18 New Asteroids
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation which assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed the discovery of 18 new asteroids by Indian students as part of a global science programme.
-
The Bizarre, Brilliant And "Sometimes Nerdy" Rules For Naming New Stuff In Space
The International Astronomical Union's brilliant, byzantine and sometimes marvelously nerdy naming guidelines help bring order to our crowded skies.
-
New Dwarf Planet Spotted At The Very Fringe Of Solar System
A previously unknown dwarf planet circles through the far reaches of our solar system, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center announced Tuesday.
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Jupiter Has 12 More Moons Than Previously Thought, Astronomers Discover
On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons - bringing Jupiter's total to 79 moons.
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Astronomers Discover 12 More Moons Of Jupiter, Including An Oddity
Our solar system's oldest and biggest planet, Jupiter, has many moons. And astronomers have just announced the discovery of a dozen more. On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons -- bringing Jupiter's total to 79 moons, said Scott Sheppard, a scientist at the Carnegie I...
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Pluto Mountains Named After Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.
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'Universe is Slowly Dying,' Say Australian Researchers
The universe is dying but there is no need to panic as there is still about 100 billion years to go, reveals a group of Australian researchers.
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Japan Space Scientists Hunting for New Asteroid Name
The name has to be no more than 16 alphabetic letters long, and must not be commercial.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Makes Pluto Flyby Nine Years After Leaving Earth
Scientists at Nasa's New Horizons mission control centre are celebrating the spacecraft's dramatic flyby of Pluto, the last unexplored world in the solar system.
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After Nine Year Sleep, NASA's New Horizons Awakes to Begin Mission
NASA's New Horizon's Mission, launched in 2005, has been awoken from hibernation to begin its study of the dwarf planet. The signals from the spacecraft take close to four-and-a-half hours to reach Earth.
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Mars name-a-crater scheme runs into trouble
The world's paramount astronomical authority on Tuesday slapped down a bid to hawk the names of Mars' craters, saying the Red Planet's monickers are not up for sale.
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School students from Delhi, Gurgaon discover two asteroids
Four school students of Delhi and Gurgaon have discovered two asteroids which will soon be listed in world's official minor body catalogue maintained by International Astronomical Union (IAU), Paris.
