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NASA mission has discovered a second Earth-sized, rocky planet within the habitable zone of its star -- the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface

Updated On: 11 Jan 2023 | 11:33 AM IST

In Montreal at the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the world has come together to land a historic deal to protect nature and biodiversity

Updated On: 20 Dec 2022 | 10:05 AM IST

Webb's unmatched infrared sensitivity has now confirmed the presence of carbon dioxide on this planet as well

Updated On: 26 Aug 2022 | 12:08 PM IST

This theoretical planet could be taking between 10,000 and 20,000 Earth years for one full revolution around the Sun

Updated On: 26 Feb 2021 | 11:22 PM IST

A significant step towards the detection of life beyond our solar system

Updated On: 08 Apr 2017 | 4:53 AM IST

The radial velocity method takes advantage of the fact that the planet's gravity also affects star

Updated On: 14 Feb 2017 | 1:12 PM IST

This is because the massive planet has a tilted orbit and solar system has no choice but to slowly twist out of alignment

Updated On: 20 Oct 2016 | 1:01 PM IST