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27 Oct 2021

In a first, NASA finds evidence of possible planet outside of Milky Way galaxy

The possible planet candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), researchers estimates the exoplanet candidate would be roughly the size of Saturn.

26 Mar 2021

आप एक चांद पर इतराइए, इस ग्रह के पास तो 60 चांद है!

पृथ्वी के पास एक चांद है जो बेहद खूबसूरत है लेकिन पूरे सौर्यमंडल में 180 से ज्यादा चांद हैं.

World Wide Fund for Nature

13 Oct 2020

Moving to planet-based diets delivers high human health benefits

'Planet-Based Diets' will help human beings in reversing nature loss, halt deforestation, reduce water use and pollution, reduce emissions and will provide everyone with healthy and nutritious food. The report found that transitioning to planet-based diets delivers high human health benefits and low environmental impacts, including a more stable climate, less wildlife loss and more space for it to thrive, and, crucially, longer and healthier lives for people.

13 Sep 2019

DNA Analysis of Water Vapour found on Exoplanet

Water found for first time on potentially habitable exoplanet. To know more watch the video

30 Aug 2019

Pluto is a planet, declares NASA administrator: The old debate is back

NASA and International Astronomical Union's official stand state Pluto is a dwarf planet.

16 Apr 2019

NASA's planet-hunting probe discovers Earth-size world outside solar system

Located outside of our solar system, the new 'Earth' size world is likely rocky and circles very close to its star, completing one orbit in just under eight days, says NASA.

17 Oct 2018

Four giant planets around young star discovered

Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it, the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system. The star, CI Tau, is located about 500 light years away in a highly-productive stellar 'nursery' region of the galaxy, said researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

29 Jul 2018

NASA's newest planet hunter begins search for more planets around nearby stars

TESS is NASA`s latest satellite to search for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

18 Jul 2018

12 new moons including one 'oddball' discovered circling around Jupiter

The astronomers spotted the new moons when they were looking for objects on the fringes of the solar system.

19 Apr 2018

Diamonds in desert asteroid point to long-lost planet

An asteroid containing large diamonds that hit the Earth in 2008 came from a "lost" planet in our solar system that existed billions of years ago, says a new study.

Artificial intelligence

04 Apr 2018

Artificial intelligence may help predict alien life: Study

Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) may help us to predict the probability of life on other planets, according to a study.

28 Mar 2018

Astronomers discover hot Earth-sized planet outside our solar system

K2-229b is 20 percent larger than Earth but has a mass 2.6 times greater -- and a dayside temperature of over 2000 degrees Celsius.

27 Oct 2017

Sunscreen snowfall on a giant planet outside solar system

The problem is the sunscreen (titanium oxide) precipitation only happens on the planet's permanent nighttime side.

03 Aug 2017

In a first, Hubble detects hot exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere

Scientists have discovered glowing water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.

19 Jul 2017

Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble jointly detect massive cosmic explosion

Three space-based observatories Astrosat, Chandra, Hubble Space Telescope and a ground-based observatory HARPS have simultaneously detected a massive coronal explosion on the nearest planet-hosting star 'Proxima Centauri', a top scientist revealed here on Wednesday.

06 Jul 2017

Milky Way may be home to over 100 billion brown dwarfs, claims study

Brown dwarfs are objects intermediate in mass between stars and planets, with masses too low to sustain stable hydrogen fusion in their core, the hallmark of stars like the Sun.

25 Jun 2017

Did a new planet just reveal itself? Scientists discover Mars-sized object at the edge of the solar system!

In other words, something unknown is warping the average orbital plane of the outer solar system.

Cassini mission

13 Jun 2017

Cassini reveals Saturn's moon 'Iapetus' is a world of contrast – See pic

Data from the Cassini mission has shown that Cassini Regio on Iapetus is covered in a layer of dark, dusty material creating a stark contrast to the much brighter region that surrounds it, which leads to the moon's distinctive, two-toned appearance.

08 Jun 2017

16-year-old Bengaluru girl to have a minor planet named after her

Sahithi Pingali, a class 12 student from Bangalore’s Inventure Academy, joins an elite group of people having their names named after stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

06 Jun 2017

UN Ocean Conference opens with call to save planet

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned governments that unless they overcome short-term territorial and resource interests, the state of the oceans will continue to deteriorate.

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