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Young Exoplanet Spotted Shedding Atmosphere Under Stellar Radiation
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have captured a dramatic cosmic event: a baby exoplanet, TOI 1227 b, is being stripped of its atmosphere by powerful X-rays from its host star. Only 8 million years old and orbiting a red dwarf, this Jupiter-sized planet is losing gas at a rate equal to Earth’s entire atmosphere every ...
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Astronomers Capture Planet Birth Around Baby Sun Outside Solar System
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.
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NASA’s Hubble and Webb Discover Bursting Star Formation in Small Magellanic Cloud
- Saturday July 12, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Hubble and Webb telescopes have captured spectacular images of NGC 460 and NGC 456, two star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud. These young, open clusters are filled with massive, hot stars that trigger new star formation by carving nebulae. The findings provide insights into early universe conditions and interstellar medium behaviour...
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Scientists Say Dark Matter Could Turn Failed Stars Into ‘Dark Dwarfs’
- Friday July 11, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Astronomers suggest that brown dwarfs—dim, failed stars—could transform into “dark dwarfs” by capturing dark matter in their cores. When dark matter particles annihilate, they release heat, potentially lighting up these stars. Physicist Jeremy Sakstein and researchers like Jillian Paulin and Rebecca Leane support this idea, which could help...
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Dark Dwarfs: New Star-Like Objects May Reveal Nature of Dark Matter
- Wednesday July 9, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Scientists have proposed a new class of stellar objects called “dark dwarfs,” sub-stellar bodies that may glow faintly from the energy released by annihilating dark matter particles. Found near the galaxy’s core, these objects could hold crucial clues about the elusive nature of dark matter. Powered not by fusion but by WIMP-like particles, d...
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Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of a Dead Star That Exploded Twice in Rare Supernova Event
- Saturday July 5, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Astronomers have captured the first-ever image of a white dwarf star undergoing a rare double-detonation supernova. Using the Very Large Telescope, the team revealed that such explosions can occur without a star reaching the Chandrasekhar limit. The findings, published in Nature Astronomy, could reshape existing theories about stellar death and imp...
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JWST Reveals Pluto’s Haze Cools Atmosphere, Paints Charon’s Poles Red
- Sunday June 15, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Pluto's thin haze of organic particles, confirmed by JWST’s mid-infrared observations, plays a crucial role in both cooling its mesosphere and launching methane into space. This methane escapes Pluto’s gravity, landing on Charon’s poles where radiation transforms it into reddish tholins. The study highlights how Pluto’s haze shapes not only...
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Discovery Of Small Star Giving Birth To Huge Planet Leaves Scientists Puzzled
- Friday June 6, 2025
- Science | Edited by Srishti Singh Sisodia
TOI-6894 is roughly 240 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo and is the smallest-known star to host a large planet.
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www.ndtv.com
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Hubble Unveils Galactic ‘Cotton Candy’ in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Sunday June 8, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of glowing gas and dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. The colorful filaments—nicknamed “galactic cotton candy”—highlight active star-forming regions. Taken with five filters across ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths, the image reveals ...
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New Dwarf Planet Discovery Challenges Planet Nine Hypothesis
- Monday June 2, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
The discovery of a potential dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, in the farthest reaches of the solar system is reshaping our understanding of space. With a highly elongated orbit and large size, it contradicts the Planet Nine hypothesis, which predicted orbital clustering among distant objects. This finding not only questions the existence of a ninth planet...
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Scientists Discover New Dwarf Planet Challenging Planet Nine Theory
- Thursday May 29, 2025
- India News | Agence France-Presse
A US-based trio hunting this elusive world has stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.
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www.ndtv.com
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Strange Planet Confirmed in Binary Star System Nu Octantis
- Wednesday May 28, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a massive planet in the Nu Octantis binary star system, first suspected in 2004. Using advanced tools like the HARPS spectrograph, researchers found that the planet orbits in the opposite direction of one of the stars—a retrograde motion that keeps the system stable. The discovery of a white dwarf in th...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Young Exoplanet Spotted Shedding Atmosphere Under Stellar Radiation
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have captured a dramatic cosmic event: a baby exoplanet, TOI 1227 b, is being stripped of its atmosphere by powerful X-rays from its host star. Only 8 million years old and orbiting a red dwarf, this Jupiter-sized planet is losing gas at a rate equal to Earth’s entire atmosphere every ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Astronomers Capture Planet Birth Around Baby Sun Outside Solar System
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA’s Hubble and Webb Discover Bursting Star Formation in Small Magellanic Cloud
- Saturday July 12, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Hubble and Webb telescopes have captured spectacular images of NGC 460 and NGC 456, two star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud. These young, open clusters are filled with massive, hot stars that trigger new star formation by carving nebulae. The findings provide insights into early universe conditions and interstellar medium behaviour...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Scientists Say Dark Matter Could Turn Failed Stars Into ‘Dark Dwarfs’
- Friday July 11, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Astronomers suggest that brown dwarfs—dim, failed stars—could transform into “dark dwarfs” by capturing dark matter in their cores. When dark matter particles annihilate, they release heat, potentially lighting up these stars. Physicist Jeremy Sakstein and researchers like Jillian Paulin and Rebecca Leane support this idea, which could help...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Dark Dwarfs: New Star-Like Objects May Reveal Nature of Dark Matter
- Wednesday July 9, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Scientists have proposed a new class of stellar objects called “dark dwarfs,” sub-stellar bodies that may glow faintly from the energy released by annihilating dark matter particles. Found near the galaxy’s core, these objects could hold crucial clues about the elusive nature of dark matter. Powered not by fusion but by WIMP-like particles, d...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of a Dead Star That Exploded Twice in Rare Supernova Event
- Saturday July 5, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Astronomers have captured the first-ever image of a white dwarf star undergoing a rare double-detonation supernova. Using the Very Large Telescope, the team revealed that such explosions can occur without a star reaching the Chandrasekhar limit. The findings, published in Nature Astronomy, could reshape existing theories about stellar death and imp...
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www.gadgets360.com
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JWST Reveals Pluto’s Haze Cools Atmosphere, Paints Charon’s Poles Red
- Sunday June 15, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Pluto's thin haze of organic particles, confirmed by JWST’s mid-infrared observations, plays a crucial role in both cooling its mesosphere and launching methane into space. This methane escapes Pluto’s gravity, landing on Charon’s poles where radiation transforms it into reddish tholins. The study highlights how Pluto’s haze shapes not only...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Discovery Of Small Star Giving Birth To Huge Planet Leaves Scientists Puzzled
- Friday June 6, 2025
- Science | Edited by Srishti Singh Sisodia
TOI-6894 is roughly 240 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo and is the smallest-known star to host a large planet.
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www.ndtv.com
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Hubble Unveils Galactic ‘Cotton Candy’ in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Sunday June 8, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of glowing gas and dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. The colorful filaments—nicknamed “galactic cotton candy”—highlight active star-forming regions. Taken with five filters across ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths, the image reveals ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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New Dwarf Planet Discovery Challenges Planet Nine Hypothesis
- Monday June 2, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
The discovery of a potential dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, in the farthest reaches of the solar system is reshaping our understanding of space. With a highly elongated orbit and large size, it contradicts the Planet Nine hypothesis, which predicted orbital clustering among distant objects. This finding not only questions the existence of a ninth planet...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Scientists Discover New Dwarf Planet Challenging Planet Nine Theory
- Thursday May 29, 2025
- India News | Agence France-Presse
A US-based trio hunting this elusive world has stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.
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www.ndtv.com
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Strange Planet Confirmed in Binary Star System Nu Octantis
- Wednesday May 28, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a massive planet in the Nu Octantis binary star system, first suspected in 2004. Using advanced tools like the HARPS spectrograph, researchers found that the planet orbits in the opposite direction of one of the stars—a retrograde motion that keeps the system stable. The discovery of a white dwarf in th...
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www.gadgets360.com