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How Close Is the Nearest Earth-Like Planet, Really?Astronomers are actively searching for Earth-like planets, with thousands of exoplanets now confirmed. While Proxima Centauri b is the clos...
How Close Is the Nearest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet?Astronomers have identified Proxima Centauri b, a rocky planet just over four light-years away, as the closest potentially habitable exopla...
Is there a Saturn-sized world hiding beside our nearest star system? James Webb spots a new world next doorAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they may have found a Saturn-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, one of the cl...
'3 Body Problem': Is it related to Newton's Law of Gravitation? Is it science or fiction? Explained hereIs '3 Body Problem' possible according to Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation? Published in 1687, the law describes the gravita...
- Opinion: Why western science is a sausage factory
In terms of knowledge, there are more things in heaven and Earth than can be dreamt of in their cosmology. Indian science, not confined to ...
French scientist Etienne Klein admits to make a 'joke' on Twitter. Find out what was itEtienne Klein, a French physicist, recently posted a picture of a Chorizo and claimed it to be Proxima Centauri. He is now under the scanne...
Wandering Star could bring comet shower on Earth in about a million years’ time, all details hereEarth could be in trouble as a wandering star enters our solar system in a million years from now which can end up in a lethal comet shower.
'Super-Earth' discovered orbiting Sun's nearest single starThe findings, published in the journal Nature, show the planet lies at a distant region from the star known as the 'snow line'.
- NASA could send probe to nearby exoplanet by 2069
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) To look for signs of life beyond our solar system, the US space agency could send a spacecraft to the nearby Alph...
- Alpha Centauri system may host 'overlooked' Earth-like planets
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to the Earth, may be home to some small, Earth-like planets which have been...
- Cold dust detected around Earth's nearest star
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) Astronomers at Chile's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observatory have discovered cold dust a...
Earth-like Proxima b planet unlikely to host alien life: NASAThe lack of atmosphere leaves the surface exposed to harmful stellar radiation, reducing the planet's potential for habitability.
- Proxima b unlikely to be habitable: NASA
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) Dampening hopes of finding alien life on the closest exoplanet ever discovered, a new NASA study says that the atm...
- Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble jointly detect massive cosmic explosion
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Three space-based observatories Astrosat, Chandra, Hubble Space Telescope and a ground-based observatory HARPS have ...
Living in outer space, the final frontierThe planet, discovered last August and rather unimaginatively named Proxima B — we would have named it Paanipuri, if we had a stake in its ...
Earth 2.0 may have water, support alien life: studyThe planet Proxima B was discovered in August last year, and is thought to be of similar size to Earth, creating the possibility that it co...
- Proxima b could support alien life: Study
London, May 16 (IANS) The Earth-sized exoplanet Proxima b which orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, our closest neighbour...
- New NASA research casts doubt on Proxima b habitability
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) A recently discovered Earth-sized planet, dubbed Proxima b, which orbits within the "habitable zone" of the red dw...
Earth-sized planet Proxima b unlikely to host life: NASAThe search for life beyond Earth starts in habitable zones, the regions around stars where conditions could potentially allow liquid water ...
New Earth-like habitable planet found orbiting nearest starAn international team of astronomers found clear evidence of the planet about four light years away, orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest...