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Roundest known Space Object discovered
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Gottingen in Germany have discovered the star Kepler 11145123, which is claimed to be the roundest natural object in space ever measured. The scientists have measured ..
NASA discovers K2-33b, youngest exoplanet around a young star
Astronomers using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope (KST) have discovered a newborn fully-formed exoplanet dubbed as K2-33b. K2-33b is only five to 10 million years old which makes it one of a very few newborn planets found so far. Key Facts ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2016
Jupiter-like planet Kepler1647b orbiting two suns discovered
Scientists using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have discovered a Jupiter-like circumbinary planet named Kepler1647b orbiting a system of two stars. The planet was discovered by astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre and San Diego State University (SDSU). Kepler1647b is ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2016
NASA's Kepler telescope finds largest trove of exoplanets
NASA’s unmanned Kepler space observatory has discovered the largest trove of exoplanets outside our solar system. So far, it has discovered total of 1,284 exoplanets and it is more than double the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2016
NASA's Kepler Telescope achieves big milestone with 1,000th exoplanet discovery
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has achieved a big milestone after it had discovered 1000 exoplanet. In order to achieve this milestone, planet hunting telescope had continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system. It has offered scientists an assortment ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Current Affairs : August 12, 2011
Cells that Can Destroy Leukemia developed by US Scientists U.S. scientists developed cells that can destroy leukemia in three weeks That could lead to new and effective treatments for deadly blood cancer A new engineering technique involving leukemia patients treated ..