NASA plans to send a planet hunter to scan the Galaxy for 100,000 new alien worldsNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover approximately 100,000 exoplanets, significantly expanding our understanding ...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Why Indian investors are looking at space economy ETFs ahead of SpaceX IPO: Subho Moulik of Appreciate decodesIndian investors are eyeing the global space economy ahead of the SpaceX IPO. With no pure-play listed space companies in India, global ETF...
26 May, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
Why This Strange Underwater “Lost City” Has Scientists Talking About Alien LifeScientists have found a vibrant 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic Ocean, thriving without sunlight. This discovery suggests life can exist i...
11 May, 2026, 03.18 AM IST
Scientists find a solar system that makes no sense: Discover evidence of ‘inside-out’ planet formationAstronomers found a strange planetary system 116 light-years away. It orbits a red dwarf star called LHS 1903. The planets are arranged in ...
13 Feb, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
What's TOI-6894b that just showed up around a dwarf star only 2.5 times its size; here's why that’s weirdAstronomers have discovered a gas giant, TOI-6894b, orbiting a small red dwarf star, challenging existing planet formation models. Giant ga...
07 Jun, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
Planet nine stays hidden, but the solar system has a new mystery guestA newly identified dwarf planet, named 2017 OF201, has been discovered in the distant outer reaches of the solar system. Measuring about 70...
30 May, 2025, 09.32 AM IST
Scientists discover exoplanet that may offer a glimpse into earth's fateScientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf star, providing insights into the future of our Solar System. The pl...
27 Sep, 2024, 10.52 AM IST
NASA tracks mysterious object exiting the Milky WayAmateur astronomers part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project identified CWISE J1249, a fast-moving object exiting the Milky Way, us...
18 Aug, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
NASA discovers 'Super-Earth' 137 light-years awayNASA has identified a potential "super-Earth," TOI-715 b, 137 light-years away, with characteristics suggesting a habitable zone and potent...
04 Feb, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
Earth-sized planet that could host alien life foundThis Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of the Earth.
16 Nov, 2017, 12.33 PM IST
Cambridge University researchers discover smallest-ever starWith a size just a sliver larger than that of Saturn, the gravitational pull at its stellar surface is about 300 times stronger than what h...
12 Jul, 2017, 04.07 PM IST
Newly found planets tidally locked to star, have short orbitsThree of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to hav...
23 Feb, 2017, 02.04 PM IST
- Scientists discover white dwarf star with 'ingredients for life'
New York, Feb 10 (IANS) Scientists using NASA's Hubble space telescope have discovered a white dwarf star whose atmosphere is rich in mater...
11 Feb, 2017, 03.05 PM IST
'Planet Nine' may spell doom for solar system: StudyThe future of the Sun may be foreshadowed by white dwarfs that are 'polluted' by rocky debris. Planet Nine could act as a catalyst for the ...
31 Aug, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
NASA probe spots dead star 'killing' a planetThis discovery validates a long-held theory that white dwarfs are capable of cannibalising possible remnant planets that have survived with...
22 Oct, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
First aurora discovered beyond our solar system, 18 light years from EarthAstronomers have discovered the first aurora outside our solar system, around a brown dwarf about 18 light years away from Earth
30 Jul, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reaches dwarf planet CeresThe spacecraft was approximately 61,000 kilometres from Ceres when it was captured by the dwarf planet's gravity, NASA said.
07 Mar, 2015, 04.29 PM IST