Planets
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Misalignment of planetary orbits linked to warped disk
Jan 02, 2019, 10:45 PM ISTThe planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in planes that are at most about seven degrees offset from the equator of the Sun itself.
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Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life: Study
Dec 19, 2018, 01:34 PM ISTSimulating in the lab the atmospheres of planets beyond the solar system, researchers from the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland successfully created both organic compounds and oxygen, absent of life.
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Superflares from red dwarfs may affect habitability of planets
Oct 22, 2018, 09:24 AM ISTYoung low-mass stars flare much more frequently and more energetically than old stars and middle-age stars like our Sun, the findings of the study published in the Astrophysical Journal showed.
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Four giant planets around young star discovered
Oct 16, 2018, 06:07 PM ISTThe star is just two million years old -- a ‘toddler’ in astronomical terms -- and is surrounded by a huge disc of dust and ice.
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Heads up! Did we just find 'Star Trek' planet Vulcan?
Sep 23, 2018, 04:44 PM ISTThe discovery was made using the Dharma Endowment Foundation Telescope (DEFT), a 50-inch telescope located atop Mt Lemmon in southern Arizona, US.
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Here's all you want to know about the newly discovered 840 small planets beyond Neptune
Jun 03, 2018, 01:30 PM ISTThe latest discovery is a result of a five year project called the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS).
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Now, take a tour to local planets and moons of the solar system with Google Maps
Oct 17, 2017, 03:58 PM ISTContinuing with its innovations, Google has updated the Google Maps which comes as a treat for the stargazers.
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Scientists discover 'Twin' stars hosting three massive planets in binary star system
World | Sep 01, 2016, 06:48 PM ISTScientists have discovered three massive planets in a binary system that is composed of stellar twins. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in
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Kepler-80: The ‘alien solar system’ where one year is as long as a day on Earth
World | Jul 25, 2016, 05:24 PM ISTAstronomers have discovered a bizarre ‘alien’ solar system that has planets orbiting its star so tightly that one of them has a year as along as a day on planet Earth.
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Four of the 100 planets discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission could host life
World | Jul 19, 2016, 02:16 PM ISTData from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has enabled scientists to discover a treasure trove of over 100 planets outside the solar system, some of which have the possibility of hosting life.
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Three Earth-like planets up there: NASA
World | Jan 07, 2015, 11:20 AM ISTWashington: In a major find, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has discovered three new Earth-size habitable or "Goldilocks" zones around Sun-like stars. Of the three, two are likely made of rock like our Earth.Of more than