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  Here's how you can use this amazing Google Maps feature to see other planets

  Technology | January 01, 2020 17:21 IST

  Google Maps latest tips: Here's how you can virtually travel to other planets on Google Maps

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  'Brightest yet gamma ray emission in space observed'

  Science | November 21, 2019 13:42 IST

  The researchers, including those from George Washington University in the US, detected a burst on January 14 labeled GRB 190114C which led to a collaborative effort to observe the radiation coming from the source using more than 20 observatories and instruments around the world.

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  Moon, Mercury may contain more water ice than thought

  August 05, 2019 15:53 IST

  The poles of Mercury and the Moon are among the coldest places in our solar system. Unlike Earth, the spin axes of Mercury and the Moon are oriented such that, in their polar regions, the Sun never rises high above the horizon.

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  Two Earth-like planets discovered near solar system, may possess liquid water

  June 19, 2019 14:37 IST

  The planets are located only 12.5 light years away orbiting the Teegarden star -- a red dwarf in the direction of the constellation of Aries, according to the study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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  Study reveals new NASA telescope could find over 1,000 planets

  February 26, 2019 23:33 IST

  The telescope will scan a small piece of the universe - about two square degrees - at a resolution higher than any similar mission in the past.

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  NASA Probe discovers third new planet outside Solar System

  January 08, 2019 17:14 IST

    The new planet named HD 21749b, orbits a bright, nearby dwarf star about 53 light years away in the constellation Reticulum.

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  Spacecraft opens new year with flyby on solar system’s edge

  January 02, 2019 15:53 IST

  Flight controllers in Maryland declared success 10 hours after the high-risk, middle-of-the-night encounter at the mysterious body known as Ultima Thule on the frozen fringes of our solar system, an astounding 1 billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto.  

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  Farout: Scientists spot solar system’s farthest known object

  December 19, 2018 11:43 IST

  The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery on Monday.

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  Astronomers spot solar system's farthest known object, Farout

  December 18, 2018 9:41 IST

  “Farout” is about 120 astronomical units away — that’s 120 times the distance between Earth and the Sun, or 11 billion miles. 

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  Major scientific breakthrough as astronomers discover 'super-Earth' orbiting Sun's nearest star

  November 15, 2018 9:12 IST

  The planet, known as Barnard's Star b, is the second nearest to Earth outside the solar system and orbits its host star once every 233 days.

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  First known moon outside Solar System discovered

  October 04, 2018 13:44 IST

  "This would be the first case of detecting a moon outside our solar system," said David Kipping, an assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University.

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  Water worlds could support life: Study

  September 02, 2018 20:49 IST

  The scientific community has largely assumed that planets covered in a deep ocean would not support the cycling of minerals and gases that keeps the climate stable on Earth, and thus would not be friendly to life.   

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  Here's all you want to know about the newly discovered 840 small planets beyond Neptune

  June 03, 2018 13:30 IST

  The latest discovery is a result of a five year project called the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS).

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  Scientists discover solar system’s first interstellar immigrant

  May 24, 2018 23:36 IST

  Scientists have discovered the first known permanent immigrant to the solar system – an asteroid, currently nestling in Jupiter’s orbit, that migrated from another star system.

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  Our Solar system could have been formed in a wind-blown bubble around a massive star: Study

  December 27, 2017 18:05 IST

  The general prevailing theory is that our solar system was formed billions of years ago near a supernova. However, the latest study, published in the Astrophysical Journal, begins with a giant type of star called a Wolf-Rayet star.

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  New Earth-sized planet ‘Ross 128 b’ discovered outside solar system

  November 16, 2017 17:00 IST

  Ross 128 b is currently 11 light-years from Earth. The planet is moving towards us and is expected to become our nearest stellar neighbour in just 79,000 years.

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  'Unexpectedly strong' solar storm sparks global aurora on Mars

  October 01, 2017 15:01 IST

  An unexpectedly strong solar storm hit Mars this month, sparking a global aurora and doubling radiation levels on the red planet, Nasa scientists say

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  Brace for a close encounter! Three-mile asteroid to whizz past Earth on September 1

  World | August 18, 2017 12:17 IST

  Florence will be the largest Near-Earth Object (NEO) to whiz past the planet since NASA began tracking them some 20 years ago

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  TRAPPIST-1 could be twice older than our solar system

  Blah | August 12, 2017 19:25 IST

  Older stars emit lesser flares than the younger ones thus facilitating living beings’ existence.

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  Scientists pinpoint the exact age of Moon and it’s older than we thought

  World | January 13, 2017 18:09 IST

  Scientists have claimed that our closest neighbour Moon is 4.51 billion years old, and was born just 60 million years after the solar system first formed. The revelation has come through a new study