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Centre tweaks Prime Minister’s Rooftop Solar ‘free electricity’ scheme

PM-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna offers up to 60% subsidy on rooftop solar systems for households in India.

The Hindu · Mar 8, 2024

Our solar system's ocean moons may be habitable — and their icy shells could hold proof

The thicknesses of ice shells covering our solar system's ocean-bearing moons could provide hints about whether these mysterious bodies may harbor life.

Space · Mar 5, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope reveals how stellar blasts of radiation stunt planet birth

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered how massive stars sculpt planetary systems and stunt planet birth with bombardments of harsh radiation.

Space · Feb 29, 2024

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New moons of Uranus and Neptune found

Astronomers hope the discovery will help deepen their understanding of the early days of Earth's solar system

Salon · Feb 28, 2024

Passing stars may have changed Earth's orbit and climate, study finds

Passing stars may have altered Earth's orbit, and its climate, many times throughout cosmic history. New research digs into what that means when it comes to understanding our planet's past.

LiveScience · Feb 28, 2024

3 new moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune will be named after Shakespeare characters and Greek goddesses

The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune.

LiveScience · Feb 27, 2024

Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids. Here's how

Ground-based radar systems could play a major role in planetary defense, spotting asteroids on a cataclysmic collision course with Earth by bouncing radio waves off them to get position and velocity measurements.

Space · Feb 27, 2024

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Astronomers Discover Three New Moons In Our Solar System

Exciting discovery of three new moons in our solar system around Neptune and Uranus.

Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger

How a cosmic dust storm is helping New Horizons to redraw the map of the outer solar system.

Space · Feb 23, 2024

'Intruder' stars have changed Earth's climate over the eons. Here's how.

Intruding stars may have thrown Earth's orbit off-kilter in the past, causing shifts in our planet's climate, a new study suggests.

Space · Feb 22, 2024

Scientists say 2 solar system dwarf planets may harbor underground oceans

Methane detected near dwarf planets Eris and Makemake could have come from within their interiors, produced by geochemical reactions amid hot rock.

Space · Feb 20, 2024

Possible location of ninth planet in Solar System discovered: Tech & Science Daily podcast

Scientists have found the possible location of a ninth planet in our Solar System.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2024

NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'

Voyager 1 hasn't spoken since December of last year. Scientists are trying to fix the historic probe, but they're also preparing to say goodbye.

Space · Feb 17, 2024

Could the solar system be teeming with interstellar objects? We'll soon find out (op-ed)

With JWST and other telescopes, we now have the tools to tell the difference between an intelligent visitor and an interstellar 'dark comet' like 'Oumuamua. Let's not get fooled.

Space · Feb 16, 2024

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Space · Feb 14, 2024

Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever

Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of water in our solar system.

The Hindu · Feb 13, 2024

Newborn gas planets may be surprisingly flat: new study

Newborn gas planets in protostellar discs have surprisingly flattened shapes, impacting our understanding of planet formation.

Space · Feb 12, 2024

A star's extreme outburst could be tormenting baby planets

A young star's extreme outburst could show us the violent conditions that may be experienced by planets, including those of the solar system, as they form in infant systems.

The Hindu · Feb 12, 2024

The Centre’s big push for residential rooftop solar plans | Explained

Check out The Hindu explainer on the Centre’s big push for residential rooftop solar plan.

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Space · Feb 9, 2024

How Earth's new Rubin Observatory will usher in the next era of asteroid space missions

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory won't ever leave Earth, but its big picture, highly detailed view of the solar system will inspire a new era of space missions destined to visit asteroids.

Space · Feb 8, 2024

NASA's Juno probe sees active volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (images)

NASA's Juno spacecraft has seen Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like never before, catching active eruptions, lava flows, and a side to the solar system's most volcanic body not seen in 35 years.

International Business Times · Feb 7, 2024

Life On 'Death Star'? Saturn Moon Mimas Has Hidden Ocean

Saturn's small moon Mimas seems an unlikely suspect in the hunt for life in Earth's backyard -- it is probably best known for looking like the "Death Star" in the Star Wars films.

Space · Feb 7, 2024

Humans on Mars could conduct far better science than any machine

NASA's moon-to-Mars strategy identifies science as one of three pillars upon which the agency's quest for a sustained human presence throughout the solar system is built.

Space · Feb 6, 2024

Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare meteorites as old as the solar system itself

When asteroid 2024 BX1 exploded over Earth it littered the planet with rare meteorites that are similar in composition to the unspoiled building blocks of our planet.

Salon · Feb 6, 2024

Planets' striking gravitational dance

Exoplanets, or planets outside the solar system, show striking examples of resonance

Space · Feb 3, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope makes rare detection of 2 exoplanets orbiting dead stars

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged two exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars. These systems offer a glimpse at the future of our solar system after the sun has died.

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