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Habitable earth-sized planet discovered but its Sun doesn't set for over two weeks
The Earth isn’t going to last forever. Scientists continue to debate over what poses the greater …
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ExoMiner, a new machine learning method helped discover 301 exoplanets
A new deep neural network program called “ExoMiner” is helping scientists in discovering exoplanets…
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is dead 9 years after launching into space
That next-generation observatory will rival the abilities of the Hubble Space Telescope and will be…
Dave Mosher,Reuters
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Kepler laid the groundwork for this amazing science joke 400 years ago - and it finally paid off
When a Renaissance astronomer named Simon Marius claimed that he had discovered that the planet Jup…
Sarah Kramer
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The spacecraft that discovered most of the Earth-like planets we know about is running out of fuel
The spacecraft itself is a telescope that observes faraway stars to look for dips in brightness, wh…
Kevin Loria
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Two Broken Wheels Crippled NASA's $600 Million Telescope
One of the wheels stopped working in July last year. With only three wheels the telescope could sti…
Dina Spector
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Here’s what space explorations in the very distant future could look like
These are exotic vacations to outer space booked through the fictional Exoplanet Travel Bureau. …
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UAE’s Hope probe spots Mars for the very first time on its maiden voyage through space
It’s been over a month since the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) maiden voyage into space, and it just …
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There could be up to 10 billion warm and cozy Earth-like planets in our home galaxy, new research reveals
But Ford's team didn't want to estimate the number of Earth-like planets in the galaxy based solely…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's biggest-ever hunt for alien planets is finally underway - and the agency expects to discover 'strange, fantastic worlds'
The next-generation observatory will rival the abilities of the Hubble Space Telescope and will be …
Dave Mosher
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NASA has confirmed a new class of huge 'super-puff' planets that have the density of cotton candy
But on Thursday, NASA confirmed that three exoplanets (the term for worlds that orbit distant stars…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX is about to launch a NASA telescope that could discover thousands of new alien planets
"We learned from Kepler that there are more planets than stars in our sky, and now TESS will open o…
Dave Mosher
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NASA and Google are announcing a 'major discovery' about exoplanets - here's what it probably is
Kepler, a space telescope that trails Earth in orbit around the sun, has stared down 145,000 sun-li…
Dave Mosher
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This image could contain hundreds of nearby undiscovered planets - including a few like Earth
The full frame captured a much bigger swath of the southern sky. The detailed image was produced us…
Peter Kotecki
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ISRO Chairman K Sivan asserts that space sector reforms are not aimed at privatising the agency
enactment of the space activity bill is a primary requisite.
PTI
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Evidence of an 'alien megastructure' 1,300 light-years from Earth is rapidly turning to dust
During this effort, multiple volunteers described KIC 8462852 as an "interesting" and even "bizarre…
Dave Mosher
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Stephen Hawking and billionaire investor Yuri Milner want to use the 'Silicon Valley approach to space' to find life beyond our planet
The nanocrafts would be made of a starchip the size of a postage stamp, which would carry the power…
Ali Sundermier
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A $1 billion telescope that will take pictures 10 times sharper than Hubble's is now officially under construction
But Kepler probed deep and narrow sections of the night sky. NASA's follow-on space mission, called…
Dave Mosher
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These Beautiful NASA Travel Posters Show What Life On Other Planets Might Be Like
Kepler-16b (to the right) is a planet dubbed "Tatooine" because of its system's resemblance to Luke…
Erin Brodwin
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Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable world just 31 light-years away, thanks to NASA's planet-hunting telescope
So far, the telescope has found over 850 potential new planets. The next step is for ground-based t…