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New Horizons films Charon orbiting Pluto
VIDEO 8-13-2014 |
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The New Horizons spacecraft has managed to capture the orbit of Pluto's largest moon like never before.
Exoplanet with longest year discovered
7-22-2014 | 8
Astronomers have identified an extrasolar planet that takes 708 days to complete one orbit of its star.
What is behind Norway's Hessdalen lights ?
VIDEO 5-14-2014 | 30
The valley is home to mysterious hovering orbs of light that have been sighted for more than a century.
Possible exomoon candidate discovered
4-11-2014 | 41
Scientists have identified what could be a natural satellite orbiting a planet in another solar system.
NASA finds no sign of hypothetical Planet X
3-10-2014 | 16
Researchers had theorized that a gas giant in the Oort Cloud may have been affecting the orbit of comets.
New planet hunting spacecraft planned
2-23-2014 | 9
The recently selected PLATO mission will focus on identifying Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars.
Japan to use net to trawl for space debris
1-24-2014 | 18
The electrodynamic tether will be used as a way to help reduce the large amount of space junk in orbit.
Where are the closest alien planets ?
12-28-2013 | 12
Astronomers believe that there could be an exoplanet orbiting a nearby pair of brown dwarf stars.
New company offering burials in space
12-24-2013 | 14
Elysium Space is taking orders to have the remains of the deceased sent up in to Earth's orbit.
Does water flow on the surface of Mars ?
12-20-2013 | 21
Dark streaks on photographs taken from orbit could be indicators that water does flow on the Red Planet.
Giant exoplant discovered in distant orbit
12-7-2013 | 5
Astronomers are perplexed by the discovery of a huge planet with the most distant orbit ever seen.
1 in 5 stars orbited by habitable world
11-7-2013 | 25
Scientists believe that our universe is filled with far more habitable planets than previously thought.
China city materials were moved using ice
11-6-2013 | 6
China's 15th century Forbidden City was built by moving blocks along artificial paths made from ice.
Extrasolar planet tally reaches 1,000
10-23-2013 | 10
Since 1992 the number of planets discovered orbiting distant stars has been growing exponentially.
Earth may have stolen its moon from Venus
10-4-2013 | 21
A radical new moon origin theory suggests that our moon may have originally orbited the planet Venus.
Is powdered water a cure for drought ?
8-22-2013 | 15
A special new absorbent material could soon be making its way to arid regions to help farmers grow crops.
Fireball planet orbits star in 8.5 hours
8-20-2013 | 11
A newly discovered Earth-sized world around a distant star completes a full orbit in a matter of hours.
Did the Earth once have two moons ?
7-7-2013 | 22
It is believed that there was more than one moon in orbit around the Earth shortly after its formation.
Kepler telescope breaks down
5-18-2013 | 18
NASA's highly successful planet hunting orbital telescope has suffered a serious equipment failure.
Disc-shaped UFO caught in NASA photograph
5-10-2013 | 93
An image taken from orbit that was featured on NASA's website shows a potentially otherworldly extra.
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