Kepler-22b: An extrasolar habitat!

Kepler-22b

The practicality of extrasolar habitats had made a successful way from the pages of science fiction to the papers of active research. Now comes one of the greatest milestones in this field with the finding of a planet in the habitable zone of a star and scientists, on account of its size, think it to be a possible super Earth.

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Can Variable dark energy explain old galaxy clusters?

                                                   

Does dark energy change over time? A puzzling model of this  as yet undetected entity that is thought to be accelerating the universe's expansion could explain some puzzling observations of galaxy clusters. But it will have to jump many more hurdles to compete with the simplest and so far most successful model of the elusive entity.So lets see that how it will be helpful in crossing those hurdles !!

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Fermi lab finds Youngest millisecond pulsar

                                                             
Scientists at Fermi lab have found a faster pulsar and more younger than others so lets explore it in detail.

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Possibility of Planets In a Star's Dusty Disk

For the first time a new image of the disk and dust around a sun-like star shows spiral-arm-like-structures. These features may provide clues to the presence of embedded but as a yet unseen planets.

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Mysterious spot found in Uranus!

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     Uranus looks boring but it actually doesn’t. Reports are claiming that a bright spot has appeared in its atmosphere. Amateur astronomers are asked to help with the investigation as it may result in Hubble taking a closer look.

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