planets

Two New Fungus Species Named After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Medicine & Technology Aug 18, 2020

From a racehorse named Wearamask to people named "Covid" and "Corona," the scientific community has come up with its own nod to the global coronavirus pandemic - naming two new species of fungi after the disease.

Snowball Planets May Not Be Inhospitable At All

Aug 30, 2019

Scientists have always believed that snowball planets are inhabitable because they are not rocky and that they always lie beyond what is considered the habitable zone.

Ghostly Radio Waves Detected From Dead Planets

Aug 12, 2019

Dead planets orbiting space are giving off ghostly radio waves that people are able to detect from the ground below.

Jupiter Closer To Earth, See It Without Telescope

Jun 10, 2019

Scientist have announced that Jupiter will soon be more closer to Earth than it has ever been. You can see its moons even without a high grade telescope.

Tiny Planet Shows What Earth Could Turn Out To Be

Apr 06, 2019

A tiny planet fragment was seen floating in space. Scientists say that it could give us a glimpse of what planet Earth would be in five billion years.

Stars List Show Potential New Planets in Existence

Mar 28, 2019

Astronomers have made a list of stars which could help discover more planets the same size as the Earth.

artificial intelligence helped astronomers discover two new exoplanets

New Planets Discovered By Artificial Intelligence

Mar 28, 2019

Two new planets were reportedly discovered through the help of Artificial Intelligence.

Astronomers Just Discovered a Massive Planet Orbiting Stars

New Study Reveals Two Massive Planets Around The Star HD 27894

Jun 16, 2017

Recent reports says that a new study reveals two massive planets have been discovered around the star HD 27894.

KELT-9 star and KELT-9b planet found to be hotter than most stars

Blue A-Type KELT-9 Star, KELT-9b Planet Found As Hotter Than Most Stars

Jun 08, 2017

A new exoplanet KELT-9b and its star, the KELT-9 was found to be hotter than most stars. The planet is said to be vaporized by its 300-million young blue star.

Quaoar, one of dwarf planet in Kuiper Belt, as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Discovers a Moon Around the Third Largest Dwarf Planet

May 20, 2017

Hubble Space Telescope finds the third largest dwarf planet in Kuiper Belt has a moon orbiting the planet.

Newly Found "Styrofoam Planet," The Key To Alien Life

May 17, 2017

A new exoplanet that is as dense as styrofoam is hinted to be the clue to alien life. The Styrofoam planet called as KELT-11b will be used to study the atmospheres of other planets.