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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- A simple astronomy program led two U.S. high school students to help discover four exoplanetsIn an inspiring display of youthful ingenuity, two American high school students have teamed up to publish a groundbreaking scientific pape...19 May, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
- 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...12 May, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
- Nancy Roman Grace Space Telescope ready with 100x Hubble field of view as NASA completes assembly ahead of launchNASA has completed the assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at its Goddard facility, marking a major milestone ahead of its pl...22 Apr, 2026, 01.08 PM IST
- How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting Planet HuntingAstronomers are now leveraging artificial intelligence to sift through vast amounts of exoplanet data, a task impossible for humans alone. ...26 Feb, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
- NASA confirms alien planet count hits 6,000, and the strangest worlds are still aheadNASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets. This milestone highlights the diversity of planetary systems. Scientists use transit ...21 Sep, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
- New hope of extraterrestrial life? Scientists cautious about celebrating early, want recheckA University of Cambridge-led study has detected potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years away, noting the presence of ...27 Apr, 2025, 07.02 PM IST
- Nearby 'super-Jupiter' detected, could be one of coldest exoplanets, say researchersAs planets cool and contract over their lifetime, they become significantly fainter and, therefore, harder to image, they said. The US spac...25 Jul, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
- Hubble Space Telescope captures a planet’s atmosphere being stripped away by a starThe Hubble Space Telescope has observed planet AU Mic b, which is located outside of our solar system, being stripped of its hydrogen atmos...01 Aug, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
- Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it - making it an excellent candidate in the search for lifeWe are two of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called TOI-700 e. TOI-700 e is just over 100 light years from Earth - t...09 Mar, 2023, 11.19 AM IST
- NASA's Kepler discovers nearly 100 new exoplanetsLondon, Feb 17 (IANS) An international team of scientists have confirmed the discovery of nearly 100 new exoplanets -- planets located outs...17 Feb, 2018, 02.32 PM IST
- '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...16 Feb, 2018, 01.13 PM IST
- Hot exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere foundWashington, Aug 3 (IANS) In a first, scientists have detected glowing water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar syste...03 Aug, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
- NASA announces over 200 new planet candidatesWashington, June 20 (IANS) US space agency NASA announced that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 219 new planet candidates outside ...20 Jun, 2017, 07.37 AM IST
- Over 100 new potential planets spottedAstronomers released the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations made using a technique called the radial velocity met...14 Feb, 2017, 02.18 PM IST
- 15-year-old makes the epic discovery of a new planet that's 1,000 light years from EarthWagg's exoplanet is located in a distant solar system within our home galaxy, the Milky Way, 1000 light years from Earth.11 Jun, 2015, 03.27 PM IST
- NASA launches project to search for alien lifeGPI has already imaged two previously known exoplanets and disks of planetary debris orbiting young stars where planets recently formed.28 Apr, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
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