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Because a hailstorm ruined his family’s 15 acres of oats, he couldn’t afford college; in less than two years, Illinois-born self-taught astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto- Green stars existed only in comics. Now astronomers have found the first real one and the reddest star ever recorded
- NASA’s SPHEREx finds brown dwarfs with water and methane, they drift in darkness without a host star and heated entirely from within
- Scientists exploring Superhabitable Worlds that could be twice as massive as Earth with more water and a cooler sunScientists are exploring superhabitable worlds, which could provide better conditions for life than Earth itself. These planets are believe...14 Oct, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
- Warren Buffett calls out the worst accounting trick in corporate America, and the analysts who help it alongEvery loan that Warren Buffett’s home business makes, it keeps. When the borrower stops paying, the loss is borne by his company rather tha...08 Oct, 2026, 06.39 PM IST
- For the first time in astronomy, scientists detect radio signal from a young planetAstronomers have discovered notable radio signals originating from the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b, located 64 light-years away from our sola...03 Oct, 2026, 02.39 PM IST
- Strange radio signals detected from exoplanet almost 63 light-years from EarthResearchers have observed unusual radio signals from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet located 63 light-years away. These signals, detected usi...23 Sep, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
- This strange world has no star to orbit, yet James Webb has revealed its changing weather from 20 light-years awayWebb telescope observed SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf twenty light-years away. Researchers found its changing appearance stems from temperature ...19 Sep, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
- In 2022, China grew rice from seed to seed on Tiangong for 120 days; six seeds produced 59, and their descendants reached a third generation on EarthChinese astronauts have made remarkable strides in agricultural innovation by growing rice aboard the Tiangong space station. The experimen...11 Sep, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
- Is it a planet or a moon? Scientists discover a strange Jupiter-sized world orbiting a brown dwarf in a never-before-seen cosmic systemAstronomers found a massive object orbiting a brown dwarf star. This discovery challenges existing definitions of planets and moons. The un...07 Sep, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
- In 1920s, a Kansas farm boy built his own telescope from scrap. Years later, he discovered a planetClyde Tombaugh, a Kansas farmer, built his own telescopes from scrap materials. His detailed drawings of planets sent to Lowell Observatory...29 Aug, 2026, 09.10 PM IST
- In 2015, NASA's New Horizons flew past Pluto and captured detailed images of its frozen surface. More than a decade later, scientists revisited the images and found evidence that liquid nitrogen may have once flowed across the dwarf planetScientists found evidence of liquid nitrogen flow beneath Pluto's Sputnik Planitia. This flow may have occurred after rising through cracks...14 Aug, 2026, 11.29 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
- Astronomers building small space telescope to explore nearby starsWashington, Jan 11 (IANS) Astronomers are in the process of building a small space telescope to explore the flares and sunspots of small ne...11 Jan, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
- Ceres may have 'hidden' ice volcanoesWashington, Feb 3 (IANS) The dwarf planet Ceres may actually host many "hidden" ice volcanoes, besides the only one discovered recently, a ...04 Feb, 2017, 03.10 AM IST
- Here's how big Pluto is compared to the largest objects in the solar systemToday, it's still one of the farthest objects in our solar neighborhood, but it now goes by another title: dwarf planet.15 Jul, 2015, 12.37 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
- NASA spacecraft snaps closest ever images of dwarf planetThe sharpest and closest-yet images of the dwarf planet Ceres have been snapped by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.06 Feb, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft beams new images of dwarf planet CeresAs Dawn closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images take...20 Jan, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
- Two unknown dwarf planets beyond Pluto: StudyAccording to the study at least two planets must exist to explain the orbital behaviour of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNO).18 Jan, 2015, 04.07 PM IST
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