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Astronomers discover exoplanet that shouldn`t be there

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:58

A team of astronomers were left mystified after they discovered a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance.

Subaru Telescope`s image captures intricacies of comet Lovejoy`s tail

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:44

Astronomers, using Suprime-Cam, Subaru Telescope`s wide-field, prime-focus camera, have managed to capture an image of the intricate flow of Comet Lovejoy`s (C/2013 R1) ion tail.

Quantum entanglement not possible without wormhole

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:23

Researchers have shown that by creating two entangled black holes, then pulling them apart, they formed a wormhole-essentially a "shortcut" through the universe-connecting the distant black holes.

NASA`s Mars probe surpasses 100,000 high-powered laser zaps

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:34

The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA`s Curiosity rover recently fired its 100,000th shot.

Giant Magellan telescope`s third mirror set to be unveiled

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 16:38

The Giant Magellan Telescope`s third primary mirror is going to be unveiled at the University of Arizona`s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab on December 6, 2013.

Astronomers glimpse infrastructure of Gamma-ray burst jets

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 16:06

Astronomers have used observations from a novel instrument to look at magnetic fields at the heart of gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the universe.

Researchers mystified over plasma loss mechanisms from Saturn`s magnetosphere

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:56

Researchers have been left searching for potential plasma loss mechanisms from Saturn`s magnetosphere.

Alien life could be found within 10 years: Astrobiologists

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 16:02

Signs of life beyond Earth could be found within 10 years, astrobiologists told House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Wednesday.

Scientists unravelling mysteries of Earth`s Van Allen radiation belts

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:25

Researchers are unravelling the longstanding mysteries surrounding the Van Allen radiation belts that circle Earth.

NASA probe obtains best views of Saturn`s unique six-sided jet stream

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:18

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, dubbed as the hexagon, around Saturn`s North Pole.