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Balloon-borne telescope could image exoplanets

Jolly — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:56:34 +0000

A balloon-borne telescope afloat in the stratosphere could offer a direct view of planets in other solar systems, says a team of researchers. If successful, the lofty scheme would deliver images of alien worlds impossible to see from the ground –...

Mystery of creation of solar system hopes to find an answer

Madan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:24:49 +0000

Whenever we think about the planet we are inhibiting, a large massive body roaming around the sun comes to amaze us. However, Astrophysics are out to explore similar solar systems outside our solar system. Now, scientists have detected a...

Spitzer confirms water vapor on Jupiter-like exoplanet, too hot to harbor life

Jolly — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:51:47 +0000

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has confirmed water vapor in the atmosphere of a gas giant exoplanet. The planet named HD 189733b is at a distance of 64 light years from our Sun in constellation Vulpecula and orbits very close to its...

Adding strong International Flavor, European Space Agency to launch COROT

Pankaj — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:21:26 +0000

We have long been wondering to know if we are alone in the universe. One can also say that in the process of finding answer to this question we made advances in the field of astronomy. The search for exoplanets has always fascinated the...

Giant Planet fixed in the Magnetosphere of its Star Found

Pankaj — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:29:15 +0000

The catalogue of extrasolar planets is growing continuously, containing more than 200 objects, and the detection of these exoplanets has almost become a routine. However, what are the characteristics of the stellar hosts, how can we explain...