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Cosmic origin: Did comets play a role in shaping Earth? Nasa discovers hydrogen on ‘Devil comet’ formed water – The Times of India

Scientists have uncovered groundbreaking evidence that Earth‘s water may have originated from comets, following a new study of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, nicknamed the “devil comet”. The research, published in August 2025 in Nature’s astronomy, revealed that the water vapor detected in this Halley-type comet has an almost identical chemical composition to Earth’s oceans, providing the strongest…

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory spots young exoplanet rapidly shrinking in rare cosmic meltdown 330 light-years away | – The Times of India

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In a distant corner of the universe, astronomers have identified a dramatic planetary event unfolding in real time. A young exoplanet, named TOI 1227 b, located about 330 light-years from Earth, is undergoing rapid atmospheric loss. Despite being just 8 million years old—a cosmic infant compared to Earth’s 4.5 billion years—this gas planet is already…

First pictures captured by the world’s largest digital camera released: 3,200-megapixel images reveal cosmic beauty | – The Times of India

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The world’s most powerful digital camera has just delivered its first images, and they are nothing short of spectacular. The 3,200-megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera, stationed at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, has revealed cosmic scenes in stunning detail never seen before. Capturing vast swathes of the night sky,…

13-Billion-year-old ‘Cosmic Dawn’ signal captured by ground-based telescope: A breakthrough in tracing the origins of universe | – The Times of India

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In a rare and remarkable scientific achievement, scientists have detected a 13-billion-year-old microwave signal from a period known as the Cosmic Dawn. It is a time just after the Big Bang when the first stars and galaxies began to form. What makes this achievement remarkable is that the signal was picked up not from space,…

Why does the universe exist? Here’s how the US and Japan are working to solve the cosmic mystery – The Times of India

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Image source: https://cdn.lanl.gov/464be327-e962-49a5-bffe-c3021221660c.jpg https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQr66pBdoGUTmidzDAJwv60y8ljFRSqYUV0Jw&s In the remote forests of South Dakota, a state-of-the-art laboratory is where scientists are examining one of the deepest puzzles of physics: the reason behind the existence of the universe. Along with them, a rival team in Japan which is currently years ahead is also pursuing the same question, setting the…

Narlikar inspired young minds, guided aspiring scientists with cosmic storytelling | Nagpur News – Times of India

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Nagpur: Internationally-acclaimed astrophysicist and science communicator, Jayant Narlikar, maintained strong ties with the scientific, academic, and literary scenario in Nagpur and Vidarbha. Though Narlikar was based in Pune, where he breathed his last on Tuesday, his frequent interactions and visits with regional science forums and his ability to communicate science in Marathi made him a…

Twinkling star reveals the shocking secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighbourhood – The Times of India

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This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. MELBOURNE: With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighbourhood. The plasma structures we see are variations in density or turbulence, akin to interstellar cyclones stirred…

Elon Musk’s cosmic gamble: Can a robot beat humans to Mars? – The Times of India

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Elon Musk has always dreamed of colonizing Mars, but his latest plan raises an intriguing question—will a robot get there before humans?The SpaceX founder announced that his massive Starship rocket will depart for Mars in late 2026, carrying Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus on board. If the robot mission succeeds, Musk claims human landings could follow…

Astronomers discover 128 new moons around Saturn, offering insights into cosmic collisions – The Times of India

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Saturn (Image credit: Nasa) Scientists have identified over 100 additional moons orbiting Saturn, potentially resulting from cosmic collisions that deposited debris in the planet’s orbit as recently as 100 million years ago.The solar system’s gas giants possess numerous moons, which are objects that circle planets or non-stellar bodies. Jupiter hosts 95 confirmed moons, Uranus has…

SpaceX launches Nasa’s ‘Spherex’ telescope to map the sky and study cosmic origins – The Times of India

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In this image from video provided by SpaceX, the company’s SpaceX’s Falcon rocket, carrying NASA’s newest space telescope, Spherex, lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Nasa’s latest space telescope was launched into orbit on Tuesday with the mission to create an unprecedented map of the entire sky, observing hundreds of millions of galaxies and…