Sharmila Kuthunur
Science Journalist at Freelance
Science journalist covering the cosmos. ✍️ @sciam @NatureAstronomy @AstronomyMag @livescience @SPACEdotcom. Alumna @NUjournalism. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
space.com | Sharmila Kuthunur
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star's life. The snapshot above showcases NGC 1514, a planetary nebula that resides roughly 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. Despite the term, however, NGC 1514 has nothing to do with planets. Instead, at its heart, there are two stars.
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2 weeks ago |
livescience.com | Sharmila Kuthunur
Mercury's mysterious makeup may be the result of a grazing "hit and run" collision between two similar-sized protoplanets in the early solar system, a new study suggests. Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, has a number of unusual characteristics that have long puzzled scientists. Despite being only slightly larger than Earth's moon, Mercury is extraordinarily dense.
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2 weeks ago |
scientificamerican.com | Sharmila Kuthunur
Uranus just got a little more time on its hands. A fresh analysis of a decade's worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a full rotation — that's 28 seconds longer than the estimate provided by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft nearly four decades ago.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Sharmila Kuthunur
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A nearby Earth-size planet beyond our solar system could soon join the ranks of worlds with confirmed atmospheres, according to new research. The exoplanet, L 98-59 c, is a hot, rocky world slightly larger than Earth that orbits a bright, young star about 35 light-years away from us.
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2 weeks ago |
space.com | Sharmila Kuthunur
A nearby Earth-size planet beyond our solar system could soon join the ranks of worlds with confirmed atmospheres, according to new research. The exoplanet, L 98-59 c, is a hot, rocky world slightly larger than Earth that orbits a bright, young star about 35 light-years away from us.
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