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Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star
1 year, 1 month ago

Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star

The Hindu  

In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth. Astronomers using data obtained by NASA's now-retired Kepler space telescope have identified seven planets orbiting a star in our Milky Way galaxy, with all of them suffering the wrath of …

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SpaceX Gets The Nod To Offer Starlink Internet On Cars, Trucks And Boats: What It Means
2 years, 5 months ago

SpaceX Gets The Nod To Offer Starlink Internet On Cars, Trucks And Boats: What It Means

News 18  

The US Federal Communications Commission has granted Elon Musk’s SpaceX authorisation to use its Starlink satellite internet system on vehicles in motion such as cars, trucks, boats, and aircraft. “Authorising a new class of terminals for SpaceX’s satellite system will expand the range of broadband capabilities to meet the growing user demands that now require connectivity while on the move, …

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A mega heist: Deep network detects whopping 301 new planets beyond our solar system
3 years, 1 month ago

A mega heist: Deep network detects whopping 301 new planets beyond our solar system

India Today  

Scientists have for the first time discovered a whopping 301 planets orbiting their stars outside of our solar system. The discovery was made possible by a new deep neural network called ExoMiner, a machine learning system that uses Nasa’s Pleiades supercomputer, and can distinguish real exoplanets from different types of imposters, or "false positives." The discovery has been detailed in …

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Webb telescope to take unprecedented look at exoplanets
3 years, 1 month ago

Webb telescope to take unprecedented look at exoplanets

CNN  

CNN — When the James Webb Space Telescope launches in December, astronomers around the world are expecting to find the unexpected, said Sara Seager, astrophysicist and planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It’s possible that those planets can still be habitable, said Klaus Pontoppidan, Webb project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. “Webb means different …

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