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Study finds stellar flares can lead to the diminishment of a plane
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 9 (ANI): In new study researchers, led by Research Scientist Dimitra Atri of the Center for Space Science at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), identified which stars were most likely to host habitable exoplanets based on the calculated erosion rates of the planetary atmosphere
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Preserved dune fields offer insights into Martian history
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): The discovery of Martian dune fields largely preserved in the rock record for up to a billion years offers new insights on past climatic conditions on Mars.
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More underground water found on Mars
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft has discovered several ponds of liquid water buried under the ice in the south polar region of Mars.
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New chronology of the Saturn system
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): A new chronology for the moons of Saturn has been developed by Planetary Science Institute Associate Research Scientist Samuel W. Bell.
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NASA's new Mars Rover will use x-rays to hunt fossils
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a challenging road ahead: after having to make it through the harrowing entry, descent, and landing phase of the mission on February 18, 2021, it will begin searching for traces of microscopic life from billions of
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Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth - the closest flyby on record
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 19 (ANI): Near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometres) above the southern Indian Ocean
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The quiet Sun is much more active than we thought
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): Solar activity varies in 11-year cycles. As the activity cycle switches to a new one, the Sun is usually very calm for several years.
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Western Space team theorises rare exomoon discovery
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ontario/London [Canada/ UK], June 24 (ANI): Western astronomers may have spotted six new moons orbiting planets in solar systems far from our own - an otherworldly discovery so rare it must wait on future technologies to confirm. Until then, however, the mere possibility of the find sparks e
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