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The Pleiades embrace Venus
Massachusetts: Every eight years, the brightest planet and the best-known open cluster come together — sometimes they’re a bit farther apart, sometimes they’re closer together. This year is a good one for…
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Water vapour found on potentially habitable planet
Washington:In a first, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected water vapor signatures in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b, an exoplanet around a small red dwarf star about 110 light…
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NASA exoplanet hunter TESS finds Earth-size planet
Washington: NASA’s new exoplanet hunter Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size world. The planet, HD 21749c, is about 89 per cent of Earth’s diameter, NASA said on Tuesday.…
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Lower-carbon diets good for both planet and health
Washington: A new study that examined the carbon footprint of what more than 16,000 Americans eat in a day brings good news for environmentally conscious consumers. The study, by Tulane University, finds…
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Here’s what warmer oceans mean for the planet
Washington: A new study now finds that our oceans are much warmer than previously thought. Driven by climate changes caused by human, they are heating up faster than earlier believed. The study…
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NASA’s planet hunting probe discovers third new planet
New York: NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists report. The new planet named HD 21749b, orbits a bright, nearby dwarf star…
