Society6 years ago
NASA’s four-eyed telescope launches to seek alien worlds
NASA’s TESS space telescope has soared into the sky atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in an attempt to detect more Earth-like planets.
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Society7 years ago
NASA to launch biggest planet hunter space telescope
NASA says it will send its newest space telescope, TESS, into orbit to carry out the biggest planet-hunting mission ever.
Society7 years ago
Sun to cool down in next 30 years: Study
Scientists say our Sun will likely enter an 11-year cooldown cycle in the next 30 years, but the phase has no effect on global warming.
Society7 years ago
TRAPPIST-1 worlds revisited, new hopes rise
A new study says at least three out of the seven planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system may have Earth-like atmospheres.
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Distant solar system adds eighth planet
An 8th planet has been found in a faraway solar system, matching our own in numbers.
Sci-Tech7 years ago
NASA returns stray Voyager 1 back to right track
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft — cruising interstellar space billions of miles from Earth — was back on the right track Friday thanks to thrusters that were fired up for the first time in 37 years.
Sci-Tech7 years ago
'New extrasolar planet could support life'
The European Southern Observatory says a new extrasolar system planet can be added to a handful of fellow exoplanets which could theoretically support life.
Sci-Tech7 years ago
NASA discovers 10 more Earth-size planets
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has found 10 new Earth-size planets outside of our solar system.
Society7 years ago
This speck of light is what we call home
The Cassini space probe has taken a picture from the Earth when it was some 1.4 billion kilometers away from our planet.
Society8 years ago
New Horizons halfway to next flyby stop
NASA says its New Horizons spacecraft is now halfway between Pluto and next flyby stop in the Kuiper Belt.
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