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nasa, SOFIA, Planetary system, Epsilon Eridani, star, space,

NASA's SOFIA confirms a nearby star system is similar to our solar system

A planet having a mass similar to that of Jupiter orbits the eps Eri star at a similar distance at which the gas giant Jupiter orbits the Sun.

May 3, 2017

NASA contributes ShadowCam to Korea for its first lunar exploration mission

The ShadowCam is scheduled to be launched in 2018 and it will analyse the PSRs on a monthly basis to shed light on the seasonal changes.

May 2, 2017

nasa, planet, space, Earth, microlensing,

NASA discovers an icy planet having Earth's mass using microlensing

Located at a distance of 13,000 light-years away from Earth, this planet orbits its parent star at a distance which is equal to the distance at which Earth orbits the Sun.

Apr 27, 2017

exoplanet, habitable, space, ESO, LHS 1140

LHS 1140b is believed to be the most habitable exoplanet which may possess alien life

Present in the Goldilocks zone, the planet LHS 1140b is has all the potential characters required to be habitable.

Apr 24, 2017

Giant asteroid and comet to fly safely past Earth on April 19!

This would be asteroid 2014 JO25's closest approach to Earth in four centuries will remain the nearest for the next five centuries.

Apr 15, 2017

DeeDee, Distant dwarf, planet, discovered, ALMA,

ALMA analyses mysterious distant cold world 'DeeDee'

DeeDee is 395 miles wide (approx. 635.7 kilometres) and is situated at a distance of 92 astronomical units, or around 13.7 billion kilometres, from our Sun.

Apr 15, 2017

black hole, Event Horizon Telescope, EHT, space,

Black Hole Cam aims to capture first image of supermassive black hole at centre of our galaxy...be afraid!

The telescope hopes to capture the first photograph of a blackhole's event horizon. Thus far, all images of black holes have been based on computer simulations.

Apr 14, 2017

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NASA reveals that alien life could very well exist in our solar system, as all eyes turn to Enceladus

According to scirntists with the Cassini mission, hydrogen gas — a building block of life — has been detected pouring into subsurface oceans on Enceladus

Apr 14, 2017

nasa, solar system, oceans, water, space,

NASA set to reveal discoveries about oceans beyond Earth!

The findings, to be revealed by NASA, have come from data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope.

Apr 12, 2017

ESO detects atmosphere around exoplanet GJ 1132b for the first time!

GJ 1132b orbits a dwarf star, GJ 1132, in the Southern constellation Vela.

Apr 7, 2017

nasa, Chandra X-ray Observatory, x-ray, space, mystery

NASA astronomers left baffled by these mysterious cosmic explosions

The astronomers are baffled by these X-ray explosions, the source of which still remains an unsolved mystery.

Apr 4, 2017

nasa, New Horizons, space, Kuiper Belt object,

NASA's New Horizons is on its way to explore its next target

Numerous advanced scientific studies of far off KBOs have been made by the New Horizons spacecraft

Apr 4, 2017

Crazy asteroid spinning the wrong way is playing a 'game of chicken' with Jupiter!

This asteroid orbits in a direction opposite to 99.99 per cent of all other known asteroids, and all the planets, in our solar system.

Mar 30, 2017

Astronomers discover the largest giant brown dwarf star ever seen...and it's pure as hell!

This brown dwarf is located in the constellation Pisces, at a distance of 750-lightyears away from Earth

Mar 28, 2017

KELT, KELT-16b, KELT-16, hot Jupiter, space,

Hot Jupiter KELT-16b, a researcher's paradise, approaches an imminent, fiery death

Hot Jupter KELT-16b is the 6th planet discovered so far which completes its orbit in less than a day's time

Mar 17, 2017

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