It’s raining diamonds across the universe, research suggests
- 03-Sep-2022
PARIS: It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested Friday, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus and Neptune. Scientists had previously theorised that extremely high pressure and temperatures turn hydrogen and carbon into solid diamonds thousands of kilometres below the surface of […]
How long is the solar system’s longest day?
- 04-May-2021
Venus spins on its axis almost upright - meaning it lacks discernable seasons - while Earth has more of a tilt
Alien ‘super-Earth’ may offer clues about extraterrestrial life
- 05-Mar-2021
Its proximity to Earth and its physical traits make it well suited for a study of its atmosphere with the next generation of space-borne and ground-based telescopes
Trappist planets have water, may be ‘habitable’: researchers
- 06-Feb-2018
Seven planets recently spotted orbiting a dim star in our Milky Way galaxy are rocky, seem to have water, and are potentially “habitable”, researchers studying the distant system said Monday. Though much remains unknown about the planets’ surfaces and atmospheres, the new measurements have not ruled out the possibility that they may harbour even rudimentary […]
Move over Saturn! a dwarf planet has a ring to it
- 11-Oct-2017
PARIS: Move over Saturn! Scientists have found a ring around an unassuming mini-planet in our Solar System to debunk the theory that only giant planets can be so adorned. The planet, dubbed Haumea, orbits the Sun far beyond Neptune — the eighth and furthest recognised “full” planet in our star system since Pluto was downgraded […]
NASA: let’s say something to Voyager 1 on 40th anniversary of launch
- 15-Aug-2017
WASHINGTON: NASA is seeking suggestions from the public for a message to beam far, far out into space to the probe Voyager 1 in time for the 40th anniversary of its launch. The US space agency wants input via Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other social media, and the public will vote on what short message […]
NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets
- 20-Jun-2017
WASHINGTON: NASA revealed Monday 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life. The Kepler mission team released a survey of 219 potential exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system — that had been detected by the space observatory launched in 2009 to scan the Milky Way galaxy. Ten […]
NASA announces two missions to study early solar system
- 05-Jan-2017
WASHINGTON: The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system. They have been dubbed Lucy and Psyche, and NASA hopes to launch them in 2021 and 2023, respectively. The period NASA wants to learn more about […]
Scientists to unveil new Earth-like planet: report
- 13-Aug-2016
BERLIN: Scientists are preparing to unveil a new planet in our galactic neighbourhood which is "believed to be Earth-like" and orbits its star at a distance that could favour life, German weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday.
Violent young Sun may have seeded life on Earth: study
- 24-May-2016
PARIS: Life on Earth may have sprung from bombardment by a youthful Sun lashing out with flares as potent as a thousand trillion exploding atomic bombs, a study suggested.