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Astronomers identified four new exoplanets playing ‘hide and seek’

SpaceJune 9, 2023 12:09 PM IST

The planets are the size of Neptune or slightly smaller with 4.9 and 3.4 Earth radii.

There are, in fact, four types of planetary systems

SpaceFebruary 16, 2023 4:06 PM IST

These four classes are 'similar', 'ordered', 'anti-ordered,' and 'mixed'.

World’s first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts

SpaceJune 30, 2022 10:08 PM IST

A giant asteroid's impact is considered the likely cause of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs almost 66 million years ago. While there is no...

Searching non-Earth like environment for extraterrestrial life

SpaceJune 28, 2022 6:07 PM IST

As we know, the emergence of life requires three building blocks: an energy source, access to nutrition, and the presence of liquid water. Apart from...

A team discovered a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star

SpaceJanuary 8, 2022 8:14 PM IST

Eccentric exoplanet discovered.

Using AI to discover exoplanets

AI & Machine LearningOctober 27, 2021 5:54 PM IST

The tools developed could also be used on Earth to detect illegal dumps and waste dumps.

Revealing the mystery of brown dwarfs

SpaceAugust 27, 2021 3:41 PM IST

Understanding the mysterious nature of brown dwarfs.

A ‘Very Exciting’ unique exoplanet has more water than earth

SpaceJuly 29, 2021 12:52 PM IST

Unique exoplanet photobombs CHEOPS study of a nearby star system.

Scientists discovered the signs of tectonic activity on exoplanet

SpaceMarch 5, 2021 1:40 PM IST

Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planet.

Scientists created synthetic novel coronavirus clones

HealthMay 6, 2020 12:13 PM IST

Scientists in virology and veterinary bacteriology at the University of Bern have reconstructed the clones of a novel coronavirus from synthetic DNA. The synthetic...