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...
Life may be evolving on nearest exoplanets: StudyAccording to the study, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, life already has survived this kind of ...
'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...
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.
- 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 ...
Scientists find oldest-known planetary diskAstronomers believe they have found the oldest known planet-forming disk -- a 45-million-year-old ring of gas and dust that orbits around a...
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...