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Astronomers discover new ‘Super-Venus’ exoplanet redefining planetary science
Astronomers discovered Enaiposha, a "Super-Venus" exoplanet 47 light-years away, with a thick atmosphere, challenging previous planetary classifications.
Published on Jan 27, 2025 11:59 AM IST
Mahipal Singh Chouhan
Seven planets will align in the sky in February. What it means?
The seven planets will not be perfectly aligned, but will appear in an arc across the sky due to their orbital plane in the Solar System.
Published on Jan 21, 2025 09:56 AM IST
Global astronomers spot ‘super Jupiter’ planet, IIT Kanpur prof part of team
The planet named Epsilon Indi Ab is the first directly imaged mature exoplanet close to the Earth and is classified as super-Jupiter, said a press release.
Published on Jul 25, 2024 02:37 PM IST
HT Education Desk, New Delhi
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope solves mystery of this puffy exoplanet
Data revealed that the interior of the exoplanet might be significantly hotter, and the core might be much more massive than what was estimated previously.
Updated on May 21, 2024 09:20 PM IST
New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
Published on May 13, 2024 02:16 PM IST
PTI |
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope finds water vapour in exoplanet
At 800 degrees Fahrenheit, the planet is as hot as Venus, thus if the atmosphere consisted mostly of water vapour, it would be an inhospitable and steamy place.
Published on Jan 30, 2024 09:30 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
Life in other worlds? Intriguing new possibilities emerge
If there is life on a planet or faraway moon, the signs would likely be in the mix of gases in its atmosphere
Updated on Sep 29, 2023 08:12 AM IST
Exciting findings, new ideas in hunt for alien life
The exoplanet K2-18b’s atmosphere has signatures of carbon dioxide, methane and possibly dimethyl sulphide, which is not known to exist where life does not.
Updated on Sep 29, 2023 12:58 PM IST
‘Evidence’ of two planets possibly sharing same orbit around their star found
Astronomers said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven.
Published on Jul 21, 2023 02:02 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Watch: ‘Giant mirror’-like alien planet that ‘shouldn't exist’, discovered
Reseachers have discovered an ultra-hot exo-planet that reflects a whopping 80% of the light shone on it by its host star, acting like a “mirror.”
Published on Jul 11, 2023 01:27 PM IST
NASA's Kepler discovers trio of exoplanets in final days of decade-long mission
Kepler's renewed mission, K2, studied how citizen scientists hunted for signals of transiting worlds or planets crossing in front of their stars.
Published on May 31, 2023 03:21 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Nasa tweets sound emitted by Perseus black hole and it'll blow your mind. Watch
In a recent Twitter share by Nasa Exoplanets, one gets to hear the sound that is emitted by the Perseus black hole.
Published on Aug 22, 2022 05:44 PM IST
Sohini Sengupta
News updates from HT: Rajnath Singh to inaugurate revamped Rezang La memorial
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion at 9am. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Published on Nov 18, 2021 08:58 AM IST
Ahmedabad-based scientists discover star-planet bigger than Jupiter
The exoplanet has a mass 70 per cent and size of about 1.4 times that of Jupiter, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.
Published on Nov 17, 2021 04:39 PM IST
PTI | , Bengaluru
First 'moon-forming' disc surrounding exoplanet detected by astronomers
The disc surrounds an exoplanet dubbed PDS 70c, one of two gas giants similar in size and mass to Jupiter that orbit the star PDS 70, nearly 400 light years from our solar system.
Published on Jul 22, 2021 11:39 PM IST
AFP |
Nasa says newly-discovered exoplanet could have water clouds and a ‘tail’
Nasa said that the newly-discovered exoplanet, TOI-1231 b, is more than three and a half times as big as Earth, calling it “oddly reminiscent” of Neptune.
Published on Jun 11, 2021 05:32 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi