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Massive planet as light and fluffy as 'cotton candy' found

Researchers have discovered a "super fluffy" exoplanet, 50 percent larger than Jupiter and weighing only a seventh of it, giving it a "cotton candy"-like density. IMAGE: The new, 'fluffy' planet......

Astronomers may soon discover Earth-like planet

Astronomers may be on the brink of discovering a second Earth-like planet, a find that will add fresh impetus to the search for extra-terrestrial life, a leading science journal has claimed. Planet......

Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds

Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a rare molecule -- phosphine -- in the clouds of Venus, a possible hint of microbial life in the atmosphere of our neighbouring planet. On Earth,......

Is WFH A Societal Shift?

...or just a Covid-era practice, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   A friend who is the founder of a several thousand-person tech company in India recently......

Neptune-sized planet lurks at edge of our solar system

Our solar system may host a ninth planet that is 10 times the mass of the Earth and takes up to 20,000 years to orbit the Sun in a bizarre, highly elongated path, scientists say. The object,......

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