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Scientists discover over 100 planets with possible habitable exomoons

Each of these planets is over three times the width of Earth and they all are orbiting their star within the habitable zone.

Jun 18, 2018

The exoplanet, called WASP-39b, is located more than 20 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun

Potentially habitable moons of giant planets could be better for humans than Earth

Moons of large gas giants could be the perfect place to look for life and so far there are 121 candidates where life could flourish.

Jun 15, 2018

Deja vu 2003: Mars to shine the brightest this July

The Red Planet will appear brighter than usual between July 27 and 31st this year. The distance from the earth will be 35.8 million miles, as opposed to 34.9 million miles which was the closest in the last 60,000 years.

Jun 15, 2018

3 Infant protoplanets discovered in constellation of Sagittarius by ALMA

Unlike previous discovery, these aren't some exoplanet but are protoplanets – they are massive bodies of matter moving around a star which is still cooking to become a planet.

Jun 15, 2018

First time image: Supermassive black hole shreds entire star which leads to huge eruption

Never before have astronomers been able to directly observe the formation and evolution of a jet from a star being devoured by a black hole

Jun 14, 2018

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Russia to build powerful space laser cannon to burn out space junk in low-Earth orbit

The design of this "cannon" is based on a telescope design that is about three metres long and its construction has already started. This telescope can be used to monitor debris floating in space and if needed transform into a giant laser and evaporate it.

Jun 13, 2018

How about a trip to distant worlds in space? Just settle down on your couch and go light-years away!

Kepler-186f is in the list, similar in size as the Earth and located around 500 light years away. Take a trip across and enjoy virtual space ride across the planets

Jun 5, 2018

NASA's exoplanet hunter takes first image of the cosmos as it swings by the Moon

TESS is a NASA mission that is designed to look for exoplanets and potentially life-bearing planets orbiting stars in the cosmos and it has just taken its first image.

May 20, 2018

Artist's illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft

Alien life on Europa? After plate tectonics, water geysers discovery strengthens the argument

In 2017, scientists said that life of Europa is very much possible as the moon is expected to have tectonic plates just like Earth.

May 17, 2018

Jupiter's moon Europa could harbour life, hints water plumes shooting into space

After studying data over two decades old, scientists have now confirmed that Jupiter's moon Europa has water plumes as high as 100 miles off the surface, which shows a great deal of promise for future space missions.

May 15, 2018

Massive asteroid to brush past Earth: Watch closest encounter in 300 years

According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, there is going to be a close encounter with an asteroid the size of New York's Statue of Liberty, as it skims past our planet on May 15.

May 15, 2018

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

There is an asteroid near Neptune which should not be there. Most space rocks float in a belt between Mars and Jupiter, and this is one of the first asteroids that has actually traveled across three gas giants and settled in the far outer reaches of the Solar System.

May 10, 2018

Stephen Hawking's $100m search for extra-terrestrial intelligence just got a major boost

The Breakthrough Listen project will use the Parkes radio Telescope in Australia to search for alien signals over the next 60 days.

May 9, 2018

Helium spotted in a comet like exoplanet for the first time

The planet is so close to its host star that the atmosphere is getting ripped off and pushed out, making it look like a comet with a long tail of gases pointing away from the star and it has helium in an excited state, making it possible to spot in the IR wavelength.

May 3, 2018

Watch: Hubble footage of 2 galaxies crashing into each other

Two spiral galaxies, about 80 million light-years away, is crashing into each other in a slow, gradual merger that will last millions of years. This Hubble footage combines visible light with infrared and X-ray wavelengths to offer the best possible view of this slow dance of the cosmos.

Apr 24, 2018

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Search Results for: telescope

Scientists discover over 100 planets with possible habitable exomoons

Potentially habitable moons of giant planets could be better for humans than Earth

Deja vu 2003: Mars to shine the brightest this July

3 Infant protoplanets discovered in constellation of Sagittarius by ALMA

First time image: Supermassive black hole shreds entire star which leads to huge eruption

Russia to build powerful space laser cannon to burn out space junk in low-Earth orbit

How about a trip to distant worlds in space? Just settle down on your couch and go light-years away!

NASA's exoplanet hunter takes first image of the cosmos as it swings by the Moon

Alien life on Europa? After plate tectonics, water geysers discovery strengthens the argument

Jupiter's moon Europa could harbour life, hints water plumes shooting into space

Massive asteroid to brush past Earth: Watch closest encounter in 300 years

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

Stephen Hawking's $100m search for extra-terrestrial intelligence just got a major boost

Helium spotted in a comet like exoplanet for the first time

Watch: Hubble footage of 2 galaxies crashing into each other

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

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