Solar System

Radio Burst From Within Milky Way May Help Solve Cosmic Mystery

Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 5, 2020

Astrophysicists have detected a burst of cosmic radio waves within our solar system for the first time and identified its source, according to research published Wednesday that sheds new light on one of the mysteries of the Universe.

Radio Burst From Within Milky Way May Help Solve Cosmic Mystery

Science | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 4, 2020

Astrophysicists have detected a burst of cosmic radio waves within our solar system for the first time and identified its source, according to research published Wednesday that sheds new light on one of the mysteries of the Universe.

BepiColombo Space Probe Makes First Venus Fly-by on Way to Mercury

Associated Press | Thursday October 15, 2020

A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbour to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. .

Second Alignment Plane Of Solar System Discovered

Science | ANI | Tuesday September 29, 2020

A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to either the well-known ecliptic plane where the planets reside or a newly discovered 'empty ecl...

First Giant Exoplanet Found Orbiting Extinguished Star

Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 17, 2020

Astronomers have discovered a planet the size of Jupiter closely orbiting the smouldering remains of a dead star, the first time that an intact exoplanet has been discovered travelling around a white dwarf, according to research published Wednesday.

Blue Planet: French Study Proposes New Origin Theory for Earth's Water

Agence France-Presse | Friday August 28, 2020

A French team reported in the journal Science they had identified which space rocks were responsible for water on Earth, and suggested our planet has been wet ever since it formed.

Lunar Eclipse 2020: Chandra Grahan And Myths Around It

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday July 3, 2020

Chandra Grahan 2020: According to experts, the sun, moon, earth and other planets are moving all the time in our solar system and so there is no need to be scared or stall activities during eclipses. Experts say, people should eat and drink as they normally do. But it is very important not to watch eclipse with naked eyes.

World Asteroid Day 2020: Why Is It Observed And All You Need To Know

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Tuesday June 30, 2020

World Asteroid Day 2020: In December 2016, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in order to "observe each year, at the international level, the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, on 30 June 1908, and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard."

Planets Around Nearby Star Intrigue Astronomers In Search For Alien Life

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 27, 2020

Up to three planets - potentially rocky like Earth - have been spotted around a star located relatively near our solar system - a planetary system offering astronomers intriguing possibilities in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life.

Astronomers Discover Two Super-Earths Orbiting a Star 11 Light-Years Away

Tasneem Akolawala | Friday June 26, 2020

Astronomers have discovered two super-Earths around a star Gilese 887 that is approximately 11 light-years away from our planet. The two exoplanets – a term used for planets outside our solar system – are called Gilese 887b and Gilese 887c, and the scientists claim that they could ‘potentially host life’.

Ocean On Jupiter's Moon Europa "Could Be Habitable": Study

Science | Reuters | Thursday June 25, 2020

Scientists have figured out how the subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have been able to support microbial life in the past.Europa, with an ocean hidden beneath a thick shell of ice, long has been viewed as a potential habitat for extraterrestrial life in our solar system, al...

Pluto May Have Started Out Its Life as a Hothead

Reuters | Tuesday June 23, 2020

Pluto, a frigid little world inhabiting the solar system's outer reaches, may have been born as a warmer place sheltering a subsurface ocean that still exists today, researchers said on Monday.

Collision of Galaxies May Have Spurred Our Solar System's Formation

Reuters | Wednesday May 27, 2020

A violent event on a colossal scale - the crash of two galaxies - may have paved the way for our solar system's birth.

For First Time, Scientists Spot an Alien Planet as It Is Being Formed

Reuters | Thursday May 21, 2020

This large young planet is forming around a star called AB Aurigae that is about 2.4 times the mass of the sun and located in our Milky Way galaxy 520 light years from Earth, researchers said on Wednesday. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).

Scientists Discover Interstellar Asteroids Hiding in Our Solar System

Prabhakar Thakur | Friday April 24, 2020

Asteroids, like the planets, revolve around the Sun in our Solar System. They have been known to be a part of the Solar System since their origin. But for the first time ever, researchers have found a group of asteroids that originated from outside our Solar System.