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NASA's New Horizons Proves Deep-Space Navigation via Stellar Parallax
- Sunday July 6, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accomplished a world-first by performing a deep-space stellar navigation test using stellar parallax. On April 23, 2020, while 438 million miles from Earth, it imaged nearby stars Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359. From the spacecraft’s distant viewpoint, the stars appeared slightly shifted compared to Earth-based obs...
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This New Telescope Can Negate 'False-Positives' Of Alien Life Within Hours
- Friday April 4, 2025
- Science | Edited by Abhinav Singh
The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.
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NASA Filmmaker Claims Evidence Of Alien Life Could Be Revealed Next Month
- Tuesday October 15, 2024
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
The filmmaker claimed that insiders from the Breakthrough Listen project tipped him off that concrete evidence may be revealed within a month, possibly coinciding with the US election.
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17 Worlds Outside Our Solar System May Have Life's "Essential Ingredient"
- Tuesday December 19, 2023
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
These icy worlds, including two that are near our solar system, might have conditions capable of supporting life.
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"Scientist's Joke": French Physicist Shares Sausage Photo As 'Star', Apologises
- Saturday August 6, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
This, prominent French scientist Etienne Klein declared, was the latest astonishing picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun.
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New Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Star Closest to Our Own Sun
- Friday February 11, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet
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Proxima b Could Support Life, Study Claims
- Tuesday May 16, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service
Researchers at University of Exeter in Britain simulated the climate of Proxima b if it were to have a similar atmospheric composition to our own Earth.
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Giant Telescope in Chile to Seek Habitable Planets in Alpha Centauri
- Wednesday January 11, 2017
- Reuters
Interest in exploring Alpha Centauri has increased since scientists announced last year that they had discovered evidence of an Earth-sized planet circling Proxima Centauri.
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Scientists Say They've Found A Planet Orbiting Proxima Centauri, Our Closest Neighbor
- Thursday August 25, 2016
- World News | Rachel Feltman, The Washington Post
Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a new planet, the closest one ever detected outside our solar system. It is a small, rocky planet not unlike our own, orbiting the sun's closest stellar neighbor.
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www.ndtv.com
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Scientists Find Earth-Like Planet Circling Sun's Nearest Neighbor
- Thursday August 25, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA's New Horizons Proves Deep-Space Navigation via Stellar Parallax
- Sunday July 6, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accomplished a world-first by performing a deep-space stellar navigation test using stellar parallax. On April 23, 2020, while 438 million miles from Earth, it imaged nearby stars Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359. From the spacecraft’s distant viewpoint, the stars appeared slightly shifted compared to Earth-based obs...
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www.gadgets360.com
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This New Telescope Can Negate 'False-Positives' Of Alien Life Within Hours
- Friday April 4, 2025
- Science | Edited by Abhinav Singh
The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA Filmmaker Claims Evidence Of Alien Life Could Be Revealed Next Month
- Tuesday October 15, 2024
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
The filmmaker claimed that insiders from the Breakthrough Listen project tipped him off that concrete evidence may be revealed within a month, possibly coinciding with the US election.
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www.ndtv.com
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17 Worlds Outside Our Solar System May Have Life's "Essential Ingredient"
- Tuesday December 19, 2023
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
These icy worlds, including two that are near our solar system, might have conditions capable of supporting life.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Scientist's Joke": French Physicist Shares Sausage Photo As 'Star', Apologises
- Saturday August 6, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
This, prominent French scientist Etienne Klein declared, was the latest astonishing picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun.
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www.ndtv.com
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New Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Star Closest to Our Own Sun
- Friday February 11, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet
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www.gadgets360.com
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Proxima b Could Support Life, Study Claims
- Tuesday May 16, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service
Researchers at University of Exeter in Britain simulated the climate of Proxima b if it were to have a similar atmospheric composition to our own Earth.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Giant Telescope in Chile to Seek Habitable Planets in Alpha Centauri
- Wednesday January 11, 2017
- Reuters
Interest in exploring Alpha Centauri has increased since scientists announced last year that they had discovered evidence of an Earth-sized planet circling Proxima Centauri.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Scientists Say They've Found A Planet Orbiting Proxima Centauri, Our Closest Neighbor
- Thursday August 25, 2016
- World News | Rachel Feltman, The Washington Post
Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a new planet, the closest one ever detected outside our solar system. It is a small, rocky planet not unlike our own, orbiting the sun's closest stellar neighbor.
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www.ndtv.com
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Scientists Find Earth-Like Planet Circling Sun's Nearest Neighbor
- Thursday August 25, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.
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www.ndtv.com