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Washington: In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet – sort of a celestial tweener. But it turns out that was not the full story. Researchers now have taken a fresh look at that…
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MACE telescope, due to its high sensitivity, will be able to detect gamma rays from supernova remnants Hanle, Ladakh: It is a telescope like no other, a special robotic eye in the sky to track some of the most energetic phenomena such as the birth and death of stars. One needs very special instruments to…
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Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the “Arjunas”). | Photo Credit: AFP Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s…
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This current cycle is presently reaching its peak, or solar maximum. (Representational) New Delhi: Even though the Sun is just halfway through its current cycle, the first rumblings of its next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound waves within it, according to a team of researchers. This current cycle is presently reaching its…
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Rare severe solar storm could produce northern lights in the U.S., disrupt power and communications this weekend Published – May 11, 2024 01:01 pm IST – Cape Canaveral, Fla The aurora borealis, northern lights, light up the sky over the ocean off Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S., May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters An unusually strong…
The nebula NGC 6164/6165, also known as the Dragon’s Egg, a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a pair of stars called HD 148937, is seen in this undated handout image taken with the VLT Survey Telescope hosted at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Cerro Paranal, Chile. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two large…
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The slow rotation of the orbits of Earth and Mars, recurs every 2.4 million years. (Representational) Our existence is governed by natural cycles, from the daily rhythms of sleeping and eating, to longer patterns such as the turn of the seasons and the quadrennial round of leap years. After looking at seabed sediment stretching back…
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At the previous edition of Science at the Sabha | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement All through the year, the campus of Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Chennai’s Taramani sees young school-going students attempting to improve their scientific acumen by trying their hand at experiments. However, this is usually never enough. The lot is uncontained…
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In this undated image made from video provided by the BBC, hatchling marine iguanas. British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book On the Origin of Species – proposing that biological species change over time through the acquisition of traits that favour survival and reproduction. Now 164 years later,…
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Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has provided an astonishing glimpse of the early history of our universe, spotting a collection of galaxies dating to the enigmatic epoch called cosmic dawn. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb…
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