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Meteor study throws light on the mysteries of the solar system

Fri, 21/12/2012 - 15:29 by Yasser Ali
Fragments of the meteorite that fell in California

The study of a meteor that recently hit our planet is helping scientists understand our solar system better, and offering insights into the origin of life.

Scientists surprised by a mirror image solar system only ten thousand light years away

Thu, 26/07/2012 - 16:46 by Minnie Mahendru

A solar system similar to ours? Is there possibility of life elsewhere? Yes, it is true, astrophysicists have discovered a solar system identically arranged like our own, ten thousand light years away from the Earth. The planets are lined up and arranged similarly to the ones in our own solar system.The sun’s equator is arranged in a line with orbital planes of the planets.

Astronomers unlocks the answer to Earth’s water puzzle

Thu, 19/07/2012 - 17:33 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY

Earth was probably formed in a hotter, drier part of the solar system than previously thought, which could explain our planet's puzzling shortage of water, a new study reports.

4.5 billion years old Panguite discovered

Fri, 29/06/2012 - 17:23 by Jamie Anderson

An old piece of mineral discovered in the Allende meteorite may well be the key in understanding the formation of the solar system. The mineral has been named panguite after Pan Gu.

The new found exoplanet is to turn into dust within 100 million years

Mon, 21/05/2012 - 15:46 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY

A possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the scorching heat of its parent star have been detected by researchers at MIT, NASA and elsewhere.

The second largest of the asteroids Vesta, is a protoplanet.

Mon, 14/05/2012 - 16:27 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY

New observations from NASA Dawn spacecraft show that the huge asteroid Vesta is a battered protoplanet left over from the solar system's early days.

NASA confirms the first Earth-like planet

Tue, 06/12/2011 - 18:19 by Neka Sehgal

Astronomers with NASA's Kepler mission have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in a “habitable zone” outside our solar system.

Space Discovery: 'Super-earth' could sustain life‎

Fri, 16/09/2011 - 15:29 by NeelamGoswami

Astronomers in Chile claim to have discovered more than 50 new alien planets outside our solar system, including at least 16 super-Earths, according to multiple online published reports.

Fourth planet found in distant star system

Thu, 09/12/2010 - 11:16 by Prince damin

Los Angeles -- U.S. astronomers say a giant planet found outside our solar system is highlighting the remarkable resemblances between a distant planetary system and our own.

Researchers at UCLA, along with international colleagues, discovered and imaged a fourth planet in a distant solar system that resembles a supersized version of our own system, a UCLA release said Wednesday.

"Besides having four giant planets, both systems also contain two 'debris belts' composed of small rocky or icy objects, along with lots of tiny dust particles," Benjamin Zuckerman, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy says.

Moon's surface has water and other resources--NASA

Fri, 22/10/2010 - 10:07 by Priyanka

NASA scientists on Thursday announced in a press conference that they have discovered water in the form of ice on the surface of moon when they slammed two spacecraft into moon crater last year.

Second asteroid found to contain water

Fri, 08/10/2010 - 10:17 by Prince damin

Pasadena, Calif. -- The discovery of water on a second asteroid suggests water and ice may be more common in the solar system than previously believed, U.S. researchers say.

Researchers at the University of Central Florida, who caused excitement among scientists in April for showing the first evidence of water ice and organic molecules on an asteroid, have discovered a second asteroid contains the same material, a university release said Thursday.

Scientist debate on-again off-again planet

Fri, 13/08/2010 - 09:50 by Prince damin

Los Angeles -- A celestial body once touted and then rejected as the first planet photographed outside the solar system may yet turn out to be a planet, U.S. scientists say.

An image captured in 1998 by the Hubble space telescope shows a faint object 450 million light years from Earth near a pair of newborn stars, ScienceNews.org reported Thursday.