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Aug 05, 2016

20 Potentially Habitable Planets Identified

Scientists have identified 20 potentially habitable Earth-like rocky planets from a trove of over 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission till date.
The new research outlines 216 Kepler planets located within the "habitable zone", the area around a star in which a planet's surface could hold liquid water.
Of those, 20 were listed as the best candidates to be habitable rocky planets like Earth.

Jul 29, 2016

Source of Heat on Jupiter

New research suggests that Jupiter's Great Red Spot may be the mysterious heat source behind the planet's surprisingly high upper atmospheric temperatures.
The Great Red Spot has delighted and mystified since its discovery in the 17th Century.

Jul 27, 2016

NASA Discovers Alien Solar System

NASA's exoplanet hunter has found a bizarre alien solar system that has tiny spaced planets with unique orbits. The system, dubbed as Kepler-80 after its discoverer, is located about 1000 light years away from the Earth.
The study reveals that Kepler-80 consists of four exoplanets and a dwarf star that orbit around the same star with years equivalent to one, three, four, seven and nine Earth days.

Jul 25, 2016

Two New Worlds Discovered

Scientists have discovered two small 'worlds' far outside the orbit of Neptune in the deepest survey ever conducted to search out distant solar system objects.
The new objects are located beyond the Kuiper Belt, which is a region of small icy objects just beyond Neptune, of which Pluto is a member.

Jul 21, 2016

Protein that Boosts Growth of Damaged Muscle Tissue

Scientists have identified a key protein that can boost the growth of damaged muscle tissue, an advance that may lead to treatments for muscle degeneration caused by old age and diseases such as muscular dystrophy.

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