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NASA probe discovers new planet orbiting two stars

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Washington: NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered a new planet orbiting two stars and located within its host stars’ “habitable zone”, the area around the stars in which life could potentially exist.

The planet, known as Kepler-453b, is the 10th such “circumbinary” planet discovered by the Kepler mission.

The planet’s radius is 6.2 times that of Earth, or about 60 percent larger than Neptune, the astronomers calculated.

Its size indicates it is a gas giant, rather than a rocky planet, and thus unable to have life despite being in the habitable zone, they noted.

“But it could have moons that are rocky, which means you could have life on the moons in this system,” said Stephen Kane, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at San Francisco State University and member of the team that made the discovery.

Any inhabitants of the system would see two suns in their sky — much like the view from the planet Tatooine in the movie “Star Wars” — orbiting each other every 27 days.

The larger star is about 94 percent the size of our sun, the smaller star only 20 percent the size of our sun and much cooler, emitting less than one percent of the larger star’s energy.

Kepler-453b takes 240 days to orbit its host stars.

“We did not know circumbinary systems could exist until Kepler came along, and since then we have been finding them in larger numbers,” Kane said.

The first two-star system was discovered by the Kepler mission in 2011.

The discovery of the new star appeared in the Astrophysical Journal.

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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