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On this planet, clouds emerge every morning and disappear by night: James Webb Space Telescope reveals daily cloud cycle on WASP-94A bOn this planet, clouds emerge every morning and disappear by night as astronomers study the giant exoplanet WASP-94A b using the James Webb...
Daytime Arietids Meteor Shower Peaks on June 10, 2026: What This Rare Cosmic Event Means for Your Zodiac SignThe Daytime Arietids Meteor Shower reaches its peak on June 10, 2026, bringing a unique cosmic event that many astrologers associate with h...
Word of the Day: ApochromatismWord of the Day: “Apochromatism” may have its roots in the highly technical world of optical engineering, but the idea behind it reaches fa...
How a 17-year-old NASA intern spotted an odd signal in telescope data and found a planet with two sunsDuring a summer internship at NASA, high school junior Wolf Cukier discovered a planet orbiting two stars. While analyzing data from the TE...
NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...
Possibility of a Ninth Planet: Is There Really a Hidden Giant Beyond Neptune?Astronomers are investigating a potential "Planet Nine" far beyond Neptune, inferred from the peculiar orbits of distant icy objects. While...
Comet 41P stuns scientists by nearly stopping before spinning backwardsA comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák astonished astronomers by almost halting its rotation and then spinning in the opposite direction. Obse...
Kristin Cabot called ‘exceptional’ by Astronomer CEO Andy Byron amid cheating allegations during viral Coldplay videoKristin Cabot is the Chief People Officer at Astronomer. Andy Byron is the CEO. A video from a Coldplay concert went viral. It showed Krist...
This ancient Hindu text has oldest mention of a solar eclipse in world. Here’s what astronomers have found in new studyAstronomers discovered a reference to a solar eclipse in the Rig Veda, dating back around 6,000 years. This makes it the oldest known menti...
There is an 'Earth-like' ninth planet near Neptune in our own solar system, find Japanese scientistsJapanese astronomers have proposed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune's orbit. The planet, i...
‘Planet killer’ asteroid found hidden in Sun’s glare. Read to know details“2022 AP7” is a planet killer found in the twilight by Scott Sheppard and his team.
'100 new planets discovered beyond our solar system'Mayo and his colleagues analyzed hundreds of signals of potential exoplanets to determine which signals were created by exoplanets and whic...
- Scientists find miniature version of our solar system with eight planets (Lead, Correcting headline)
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Scientists applying artificial intelligence to data from NASAs Kepler Space Telescope have discovered an eighth p...
- Large, distant comets more common than previously thought
Washington, July 26 (IANS) Large comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are more common in the universe...
- 'Puffy planet' could help scientist search for alien life
New York, May 16 (IANS) Astronomers have discovered a "puffy planet" orbiting a star 320 light years from Earth which may hold opportunitie...
- Nearby planetary system is similar to our own: Study
Washington, May 3 (IANS) A nearby planetary system star could be a good model of our early solar system as it has an architecture remarkabl...
- Indian-origin astronomer spots tiniest asteroid
New York, Dec 1 (IANS) Using data from four different telescopes, a team of astronomers led by an Indian-origin researcher has reported tha...
- Astronomers observe transit of Earth-like extra-solar planet
Tokyo, Nov 29 (IANS) In an important step towards the search for extra-terrestrial life, astronomers in Japan have observed the transit of ...
TYC-2505-672-1: Longest-lasting stellar eclipse discoveredThe system sets a new record for both the longest duration stellar eclipse and the longest period between eclipses in a binary system.
Universe with realistic galaxies simulatedAstronomers have created a simulation of the universe with more realistic galaxies that are similar in mass, size and age to real ones.