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First Exomoon Potentially Discovered Using Hubble and Kepler Telescopes

Hubble Space Telescope is back! NASA fixes the Great Observatory and puts it back to work

The simplest fix of switching it off and on, worked on a telescope positioned in space, peering into the far unknowns.

Oct 28, 2018

Another of NASA's Great Observatories — Chandra put on Safe Mode after malfunction

NASA is yet to fully describe what really happened to the telescope that they had to go through with this step.

Oct 14, 2018

Here are the best pictures released by European Space Agency from last week

Sunrises from space, galaxy clusters, and Antarctic expeditions -- This week saw a lot of activity from the ESA.

Oct 7, 2018

Neptune-sized first-ever exomoon discovered and it's 17 times bigger than Earth

The new exomoon is about the size of Neptune, which has a diameter four times bigger than Earth's and is 17 times as enormous.

Oct 5, 2018

Planet X: New Solar System object found, confirms presence of undiscovered super-Earth

TG387 is two and a half times farther from the Sun than Pluto. Its orbit is about 40,000 years long.

Oct 3, 2018

Earth's vegetative history might hold clues to finding habitable exoplanets in future

The search for habitable exoplanets could be made easier if we just look for planets that support plant life out there.

Oct 2, 2018

From hurricanes to asteroid landings, ESA releases best space images of the week

The ESA has had a busy week -- here are some of the most spectacular images from the European Space Agency.

Sep 30, 2018

Here is a detailed dark matter map of the whole universe

The research involved studying about 10 million distant galaxies to understand dark energy better.

Sep 27, 2018

Astronomers find Spock's home planet Vulcan?

The newly found exoplanet is actually pretty close to us. It's orbiting a star in a system that's only 16 light-years away from our home planet.

Sep 23, 2018

Planet twice the size of Earth orbiting nearby star 40 Eridani, the home to Spock from Star Trek

The planet likely doesn't have occupants with pointy ears. It is about double the size of Earth and circles with an orbit of 42 days, which means it is hot and dry.

Sep 20, 2018

NASA shares 'First Light' images taken by TESS, scouting southern sky for exoplanets

The image, is a look at the southern sky and it was shot with all four of TESS's wide field cameras.

Sep 19, 2018

ESO releases beautiful image of distant galaxy in stunning detail

The image shows spiral galaxy NGC 3981 "suspended in the inky blackness of space".

Sep 13, 2018

SETI spots 72 new radio signals coming from alien galaxies 3 billion light years away

The bursts came from a dwarf galaxy, researchers find, that is about 3 billion light years away. However, as to what created the signals, scientists are yet to find out--It could even be alien technology.

Sep 11, 2018

Aircraft-sized asteroid set to fly by between Earth and Moon; watch it here

The live webcast starts at 2200 GMT (3300 IST) and those interested can get back to this page to view it.

Sep 9, 2018

NASA's Kepler telescope refuses to give up; Wakes up from sleep and starts new journey

NASA had launched this legendary space in March 2009 and it has had a tremendous journey so far

Sep 7, 2018

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