Solar System

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via Reuters/Files

Where Does India’s First Exoplanet Discovery Fit In?

Jatan Mehta 20/09/2018

It is important to remember that K2-236b was discovered...

The Perseids meteor shower over the Very Large Telescope, Chile, in August 2010. Credit: ESO/S. Guisard, CC BY 4.0

Why the Perseids Meteor Shower, Which Peaks This Time of Year, Is Awesome

Aswin Sekhar 12/08/2018

From a recreational, educational and research point of view,...

The planet Pluto is pictured in a handout image made up of four images from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) taken in July 2015 combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this enhanced color global view. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Handout. Credit: Reuters

Wondrous Dunes on Pluto Are Made of Grains of Frozen Methane

Will Dunham 01/06/2018

The discovery hints towards the dynamic nature of the...

A diagram showing the path of A/2017 U1. Caption and credit: NASA

An Asteroid From Another Star System Just Zipped Past Our Sun

Aswin Sekhar 06/11/2017

One of the more pressing questions now is why...

FILE PHOTO: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 a Seyfert galaxy

Einstein’s Theory Presents New Method to Measure Size of Stars

Irene Klotz 08/06/2017

Scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to plot minute...

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Icy Ring Around Young Planetary System Has Similar Chemical Fingerprint to Our Solar System

University of Cambridge 23/05/2017

An international team of astronomers has made the most...

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Dwarf Planetary Systems Will Transform the Hunt for Alien Life

Amaury Triaud and Michaël Gillon 03/05/2017

No matter what we find by studying planets orbiting...