Category Archives: Space

Storm on an Exoplanet

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

An atmospheric storm is detected for the first time on an exoplanet. The technique used to detect the storm paves the way for understanding conditions on other worlds. The storm raging on HD 209458b whips around at speeds up to … Continue reading →

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India to launch five Remote Sensing Satellites

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

India plans to put five remote- sensing satellites into orbit in the first half of next month after fixing a rocket “anomaly” that forced it to delay launches in May.The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will carry India’s Cartosat-2B, Algeria’s ALSAT-2A … Continue reading →

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Baby Planet Grew Up Fast

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Probably only a few million years young, Beta Pictoris b is already fully formed, despite standard models that say such a planet should take ten million years to reach “adulthood,” . The planet breaks the record once held by the … Continue reading →

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Many Famous Comets Originally Formed in Other Solar Systems

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Many of the most well known comets, including Halley, Hale-Bopp and, most recently, McNaught, may have been born in orbit around other stars, according to a new theory by an international team of astronomers led by a scientist from the … Continue reading →

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