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Could we reach Earth 2.0 within 20 years ?
Aug 25, 2016The discovery of an Earth-like world around Proxima Centauri has spurred on efforts to send a probe there.
Stellar desert discovered in the Milky Way
Aug 3, 2016A vast expanse of space totally devoid of new stars has been found at the heart of our own galaxy.
Tombs in Portugal used as ancient telescopes
Jul 3, 2016Special structures enabled early Europeans to view the stars long before the invention of the telescope.
New 'Tatooine' planet is largest ever found
Jun 14, 2016Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet in a distant binary star system.
SETI is seeking ET around red dwarf stars
Apr 5, 2016The SETI Institute is aiming to find evidence of aliens in a place where nobody had thought to look.
Hubble observes cluster of 'monster' stars
Mar 22, 2016The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
Hawking: 'mankind must venture into space'
Jan 22, 2016Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that we could face annihilation if we do not colonize other worlds.
Astronomers find two stars merging together
Oct 22, 2015Two massive stars locked in a deadly embrace have been discovered over 160,000 light years away.
Our universe is 'sliding in to old age'
Aug 11, 2015Scientists have highlighted the fact that the stars in the sky are slowly but surely fading away.
Will we ever be able to visit 'Earth 2.0' ?
Aug 3, 2015Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
'Mirage planets' may complicate hunt for life
Feb 13, 2015Some extrasolar planets that appear to be habitable may have lost the capacity to support life long ago.
Are there forms of life that feast on stars ?
Jan 12, 2015So-called 'starivores' could be the ideal target for astronomers seeking signs of extraterrestrial life.
Scientists 'play God' by creating a universe
Jan 1, 2015Two of the world's most powerful supercomputers have been used to build a simulation of the cosmos.
Half of all stars may be outside galaxies
Nov 8, 2014New observations have revealed that the intergalactic void may be filled with orphan stars.
Hubble spies 'ghost lights' of dead stars
Nov 1, 2014The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
Dead stars can reignite and then blow up
Aug 29, 2014Astronomers have determined that white dwarf stars can suddenly spring back to life and explode.
Remnants of one of the earliest stars found
Aug 23, 2014An ancient orange star has revealed hints of one of the first stars to ever exist in the universe.
Sparkling 'angelic' UFO filmed over Italy
VIDEO Jul 14, 2014A strange cluster of bright objects flying in formation has been caught on video over Milan.
NASA discovers 715 new extrasolar planets
Feb 27, 2014The record-breaking haul of newly discovered worlds comes courtesy of the Kepler Space Telescope.
New planet hunting spacecraft planned
Feb 23, 2014The recently selected PLATO mission will focus on identifying Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars.
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