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Topic: Solar System

Scientists discover 12 new deep-sea species in the Atlantic Ocean

Mohana Basu - January 3, 2021

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

In first-ever cosmic game of ‘TAG’, NASA probe successfully touches asteroid to collect samples

Mohana Basu - October 21, 2020

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will bring back the rock samples from ancient asteroid Bennu by 2023, which will allow scientists to learn more about the ancient solar system.

Scientists discover three stars ripping apart their planet-forming disc

Sandhya Ramesh - September 4, 2020

The findings, made over 11 years, give us unique insights into planetary formation and evolution.

Dwarf planet Ceres has ocean of salt water underneath its surface, NASA data studies show

Sandhya Ramesh - August 11, 2020

Data obtained from NASA's Dawn spacecraft mission shows that the brine ocean is 40-km deep and hundreds of kilometres wide on Ceres.

First-ever image of new planetary system could hold clues to our own evolution

Mohana Basu - July 26, 2020

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Proxima Centauri, nearest star to solar system, confirmed to have an Earth-sized planet

Mohana Basu - May 31, 2020

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

Venus, Io, Triton: What we know about destinations of NASA’s Discovery finalists

Sandhya Ramesh - February 23, 2020

As NASA’s four Discovery finalists look to prepare for the next round of solar system exploration, ThePrint highlights key facts about their destinations.

Alien life is out there, but our theories are not helping us find it

Peter Vickers - January 5, 2020

Recent years have seen changes to our theories about what counts as a biosignature and which planets might be habitable. We must expect the unexpected.

Indian astronomers spot huge hydrogen ring around distant galaxy, don’t know what caused it

Mohana Basu - January 4, 2020

With a diameter of about 3,80,000 light-years, the ring is about four times the size of the Milky Way, which contains our solar system.

First map of Saturn’s largest moon Titan revealed, shows features similar to Earth

Sandhya Ramesh - November 19, 2019

The map, published by Nature Astronomy Monday, has six primary features on its surface — plains, labyrinth, hummocky, dunes, craters and lakes.

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