Astronomers studying the planetary system "Chaos Unleashed" have observed violent orbital behavior that defies conventional planet formation models.


Astronomers Discover Chaotic System That Defies Planet Formation Models

Planets: Chaos Unleashed- Violent System Defies Planet Birth Models

NASA has developed ExoMiner++, an AI tool that speeds up the search for exoplanets by analysing massive datasets from Kepler and TESS. The system helps scientists quickly identify promising planets.

What is NASA’s ExoMiner++? How AI is scanning space data and helping to find new planets

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured dramatic evidence of young planets being destroyed around a nearby star. The observations reveal powerful stellar radiation tearing apart infant worlds, offering rare insight into how planetary systems evolve — and sometimes fail — in their earliest stages.

Hubble Telescope Reveals Aftermath of Planetary Smash-Ups

Voyager missions revealed detailed ring systems in our solar system. Imagine them discovering a planet with rings 300 times larger than Saturn’s, like exoplanet J1407b. Such giant rings offer clues about planetary formation and cosmic mysteries. Know more below.

What if Voyager found a planet with rings 300 times bigger than Saturn’s?

For 2025, scientists have mentioned that July 9, July 22 and August 5 might be the shortest days in the year. But the new data shows that July 10 was actually the shortest day so far.

Earth will spin faster on July 22 to create 2nd-shortest day in history, the gap between rotations will be...

Tensions flare in Pune after Ayatollah Khameneis poster Irans flag surface

Tensions flare in Pune after Ayatollah Khamenei's poster, Iran's flag surface

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

What are asteroids really made of: Rocks, metals or something more?

Using groundbreaking data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have captured a planet's final moments as it spirals into its star—and Earth is next. Discover the terrifying physics behind orbital decay, the "drag of doom" that could incinerate our world, and why astronomers say Earth’s fate is a 50/50 coin toss.

Cosmic countdown: Astronomers witness planet's descent into stellar inferno

Six planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus - made an appearance together in a celestial spectacle that captured the attention of sky-gazers across the globe on Saturday night. Watch this report for more details!

Planetary Parade 2025: Rare spectacle features Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune

A planetary parade is set to become visible in the night sky in January 2025. Six planets will come in line and will be visible together for weeks after that. A seventh member of the solar system will later join them, giving skygazers a New Year's treat.

Get ready for a planetary parade featuring all 7 of the other planets

In a stunning study, astronomers have found that small primordial black holes (PBHs) are likely lurking inside the moons, asteroids or even planets like Earth. According to the scientists, these hypothetical black holes were created soon after the Big Bang and resulted from pockets of subatomic matter that were so dense that they faced gravitational collapse.

Are black holes hiding inside planets like Earth? Here's what scientists suggest

Astronomers have discovered a planet roaming in the Milky Way, orbiting a white dwarf. Around 1.9 times the mass of Earth, this planet likely supported life during its lifetime and orbited a host star.

Planet orbiting a dead star hints at Earth's destiny after our Sun dies

NASA has found six rogue planets roaming in space, bound to no star, indifferent to the laws of the universe. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made the discovery, including one object that is one of the lightest such bodies ever found.

Rogue planet with its own 'mini planets' and 'moons' found floating through space

Humans have been making plans to make Mars their home someday and billionaire Elon Musk has already expressed his wish to colonise Mars by 2050. Taking ahead this idea, a team of scientists have now proposed an 'innovative' way to increase the temperature of the Red Planet by more than 18 degrees Fahrenheit in just a few months, which they think will be enough to sustain human life.

Humans are now planning to increase the temperature of Mars. Will it become habitable?

Mars and Jupiter are warming up in the night sky for their closest encounter of the decade on Wednesday (Aug 14). While the planets would be more than 350 million miles away from each other in their orbits, from our perspective, they would seem extremely close with just a small gap between them.

Mars and Jupiter to get closest in this spectacular astronomical event of decade

Scientists have been trying to decode a baffling discovery of a 2,000-year-old “computer” found in a Greek shipwreck, which is interestingly very complex. The astronomical calendar, known as the Antikythera mechanism, has been called "the first computer” and has left scientists baffled after it was found in the shipwreck in 1901.

A '2000-year-old computer' was part of a Greek shipwreck. Here's how it worked

Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) have determined that under the influence of climate warming, water from glaciers moves towards the equator, causing a day-lengthening calculated in milliseconds.

Climate change alters planetary spin

Astrophysicist and NASA's former scientist Lisa Kaltenegger surveyed the galaxy for her new book Alien Earths in which she hinted at the possibility of the existence of alien life in a water world dominated by octopus-like creatures, a planet which has a dark side where the sun never rises and a lava hell where the planet experiences molten rock rains from the sky.

Water world, lava hell: Former NASA scientist hints at planets where alien life may exist

Astronomers have identified two new moons revolving around Neptune and one encircling Uranus, augmenting the known tally of satellites to 16 and 28, respectively.

Scientists discover three previously unknown new moons around Uranus and Neptune

Researchers have been astounded by the discovery of a unique solar system with six planets, even in a time when finding planets orbiting far-off stars has become routine. Though smaller than Neptune, all six of the planets are larger than Earth. Given their near proximity to the star they orbit, it is likely that they are small gaseous worlds with extended atmospheres of helium and hydrogen, making them unsuitable for life as we know it and excessively hot.

Discovery of six-planet solar system amazes astronomers | WION

The guidelines for naming a planet’s surface features are not gender inclusive and are biased in favour of men, a researcher at The Open University has alleged. Annie Lennox’s allegations are backed by an analysis of the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) database, which reveals that only two per cent of the known Moon craters are named after women.

Most cosmic surfaces are named after men and one researcher is not happy with the bias

Supernova are one of the universe's most cataclysmic events. If a planet is too close, it will be sterilised, even destroyed. When massive stars run out of nuclear fuel in their core, they produce x-rays and blast waves of fast particles that would render a planet like Earth uninhabitable. Watch this story to know how a star exploded 1.9 billion light-years away and our ozone layer took the hit.

Supernova's explosive end, destroyed parts of Ozone layer | Science News

A major breakthrough was made by scientists in NASA, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, as they found out how planets came into existence. The telescope observed the water vapour in protoplanetary disks, after which it confirmed a physical process which included the drifting of ice-coated solids from the disk's outer regions into the rocky planet zone.

James Webb telescope helps NASA scientists discover how planets were formed

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