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What is Planet Nine?
Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet that is said to be 10 times the size of the Earth and orbits far beyond Neptune a highly eccentric orbit around...
Arecibo Telescope: Key Facts
Built in 1963, Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Telescope was built in 1963. It is the second-largest single-dish radio telescope in the world. It was in news recently because of...
Birth of New Planets witnessed first time in human history
The SPHERE instrument of the Very Large Telescope has captured the birth of new planet in the AB Aurigae star system recently. This is the first time in...
Super Earth discovered
The scientists from New Zealand have discovered the “Super Earth”. It potentially holds the conditions to sustain human life. Highlights The super earth is one of the handful...
Orbital Resonance
Scientists have discovered that the planets surrounding the HD 158259 star are in an almost perfect orbital harmony. About the Stellar System The stellar system of HD 158259...
Scientists discover nearest-known exoplanet
Scientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology Scientists recently discovered an exo-planet, which is closer to Earth than any other planet. The newly discovered planet named ‘2MASS 1155-7919...
International Astronomical Union names a star after Indian Woman Scientist
On December 17, 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named a white yellow star in Sextans Constellation as “Bhibha” and its planet as “Santamasa” Highlights The star has...2019 Nobel prize in physics awarded
The Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics has jointly been awarded to three scientists – James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz – groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of...
2019 Nobel Prize – Physics
The 2019 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to Swiss Scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz and Canadian – American physicist James Peebles. One half of the prize...
