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Topic: Exoplanets

Signs of life beyond Earth a start, conclusive proof will take time—researcher who led discovery team

Soumya Pillai -
The team lead by Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of University of Cambridge discovered chemical footprints of molecules associated with life on exoplanet K2-18b, 124 light years from Earth.

Mount Abu observatory is India’s eye on the sky. It’s hunting for Earth’s distant cousins

+TFP Sandhya Ramesh -
Mount Abu Infrared Observatory has already discovered 4 planets outside the solar system. Now it’s using cutting-edge PARAS-2 spectrograph to search for planets similar to Earth.

A room-temperature superconductor that works in low pressure, and losing Spock’s Vulcan

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

James Webb telescope spots its first exoplanet — Earth-sized but may be ‘not Earth-like

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA’s DART mission successfully knocks asteroid off course, Earth can now defend itself

Gaurvi Narang -
While the asteroid was of no threat to Earth, but the test demonstrated our capability to resist asteroid impact.

Third planet discovered around Sun’s closest star, Proxima Centauri

Sandhya Ramesh -
The planet named Proxima d orbits Proxima Centauri every 5 days. It's estimated to be just about a quarter of Earth’s mass, making it one of the lightest 'exoplanets'.

When fish do the ‘wave’ to keep predators at bay & bird-like dinosaurs from 100 mn years ago

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA telescope may have just helped find the first planet spotted outside Milky Way

Sandhya Ramesh -
The potential planet is located 28 million light years away, in the Messier 51 (M51) galaxy. It is thought to be the size of Saturn, orbiting its host — a neutron star or a black hole.

US team including 2 teenagers discovers ‘planetary lab’ with a rocky super-earth

Sandhya Ramesh -
The planetary system has been discovered around star HD 108236 that’s just 200 light years away. It could provide insights into planetary evolution.

Rogue planet with similar mass as Earth found floating in the Milky Way

Sandhya Ramesh -
Astronomers estimate that there could potentially be millions of such free-floating rogue planets in every galaxy.
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Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Udit Bubna -
Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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