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First Direct Observation of Exoplanet Beta Pictoris c
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] October 2 (ANI): Astronomers using the GRAVITY instrument at the VLT telescopes in Chile have now obtained the first direct confirmation of an exoplanet discovered by radial velocity.
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Sounds from around the Milky Way
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The center of our Milky Way galaxy is too distant for us to visit in person, but we can still explore it. Telescopes give us a chance to see what the galactic center looks like in different types of light. By translating the inherently digital data (in th
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Radio telescopes find extrasolar planet around main-sequence star
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): An international team of astronomers including Gisela Ortiz-Leon from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn discovered a Saturn-like planet orbiting a small, cool star by detecting the "wobble" in the star's motion caused by the gravi
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New measurements bolster challenge to basic model of universe
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Mexico [USA], June 11 (ANI): A new set of precision distance measurements made with an international collection of radio telescopes have greatly increased the likelihood that theorists need to revise the 'standard model' that describes the fundamental nature of the universe.
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Astronomers could spot life signs orbiting long-dead stars
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New York [USA], April 30 (ANI): The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant solar systems for evidence of life on Earth-like exoplanets -- particularly those that chaperone burned-out stars known as white dwarfs.
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'Elegant' solution reveals how universe got its structure
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 28 (ANI): The universe is full of billions of galaxies -- but their distribution across space is far from uniform. Why do we see so much structure in the universe today, and how did it all form and grow?
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Discovery of young blazar produced by merger of two galaxies
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): A blazar is a particular type of active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a central supermassive black hole which emits a jet, a flux of highly energetic particles and radiation moving almost at the velocity of light, and which is aligned along the observe
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Paired with super telescopes, model Earth's guide hunt for life
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): After conducting research, astronomers from Cornell University have created five models representing key points from Earth's evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth's own geologic epochs.
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This light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark matt
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): Ever imagined a camera that can count photons, or particles of light and further aid in searching for chemical signs of life on other planets or dark matter? Well, this device is now a reality!
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Giant galaxies are born in cosmic clouds of cold gas
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 4 (ANI): Scientists using radio telescopes in Australia and the USA discovered that the biggest galaxies in the universe develop in cosmic clouds of cold gas.
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