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Is there any other planet like Earth?

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Advertisement HOME SCIENCE SCIENCE NEWS Astronomers Find Rare “Super-Earth” Towards the Centre of Our Galaxy The planet was discovered using the gravitational microlensing technique By  Prabhakar Thakur  | Updated: 14 May 2020 17:57 IST HIGHLIGHTS A “Super-Earth” has been found by astronomers The planet is comparable to Earth in size and orbit Gravitational microlensing technique was used for the finding The planet has size and orbit comparable to that of our Earth (representational image) A “Super-Earth” has been found closer to the centre of our galaxy through a rare observation by researchers. The newly discovered planet, though heavier than our Earth, is one of those few planetary bodies that are similar to the Earth in terms of size and orbit. The planet's parent star has roughly 1/10th the mass of our Sun. The mass of the planet itself is nearly half the mass of Earth and Neptune combined, according to the researchers.

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How scientists make gigapixel pic

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Scientists used AI to make 44.8 gigapixel copy of historic Rembrandt painting MIX    —    21 HOURS AGO Each year, hundreds of thousands of art aficionados travel to Amsterdam to take a peek at Rembrandt‘s  The Night Watch . But now you can get intimately familiar with this historic painting — without even having to step foot in the Rijksmuseum. A team of data scientists has made a  44.8 gigapixel digital copy  of  The Night Watch . The researchers created the ultra-detailed  photograph of Rembrandt‘s painting from  a total of 528 exposures  — or 24 rows of 22 pictures each. They then used the help of neural networks to digitally stitch together the images. TNW online events Our Couch Conferences bring together industry experts to discuss what’s next REGISTER NOW The result is 44,804,687,500 pixels — that’s 44 billion pixels if you’re getting puzzled by all these digits — of glory in one single image. The Rijksmuseum, which funded the effo