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New Earth-sized planet discovered
Olivia Krueger
About 185 light-years away, researchers have discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim red star. The official name for the planet is K2-315b but scientists have taken to calling it "Pi Earth", a reference to it's orbit which circles its star every 3.14 days. Astronomers don't know much about the atmosphere or inner workings of the planet, they attempted to estimate the heat of the planet ... ...more
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There may have been a huge explosion in the universe's oldest galaxy
Olivia Krueger
From Peking University in Beijing, China; Linhua Jiang and his colleagues were studying GN-z11, the oldest known galaxy in the universe. They were using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii to look at GN-z11 when they said they saw the galaxy become hundreds of times brighter in less than 3 minutes. High-energy radiation can create an explosion in space, known as a gamma-ray burst, which has been ... ...more
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China moon probe heads back to Earth :
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It will become the third country to have retrieved lunar samples after U.S., Russia .A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s. A successful landing in Inner Mongolia would make China ... ...more
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SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts on International Space Station :
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This is the second astronaut mission for SpaceX. But it's the first time Elon Musk's company is delivering a crew for a full half-year station stay. The two-pilot test flight earlier this year lasted two months.Cape canaveral (US): SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts closed in Monday on the International Space Station, their new home until spring. The Dragon capsule was due at ... ...more
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SpaceX To Launch Crew-1 For NASA On Saturday
Nada Alturki
On Saturday, November 14, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, along with an assigned mission specialist from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi will launch into space as Crew-1, the second Crew Dragon Mission to launch into space. After its test demo in 2019, it has been confirmed that the Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch. The crew will take ... ...more
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Hidden Lake Detected Under Glaciers In Mars' South Pole. All You Need To Know
Fahadullah Hussaini
In their pursuit of finding life beyond Earth, scientists and researchers tend to look for water on other planets. One of their target areas over the years has been the Martian south pole, where novel discoveries have revealed that beneath a sheet of ice, there are several ponds surrounding a huge lake. “Here we have not just an occasional body of water, but a system,” says Elena Pettinelli ... ...more
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UFOs? Japan Now Officially Has Eyes On Them Too
Amazing Facts
Japan has instilled new rules for their military personnel in charge of investigating UFOs just after the Pentagon has announced their search and sighting of a UFO. The Japanese Defense Department is encouraging all citizens to photograph any foreign objects that they might sight.The country's Defense Minister has issued a requirement that members of Japan Self Defense Forces record any ... ...more
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Machine learning algorithm confirms 50 new potential planets: Scientists
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Scientists developed a machine learning algorithm that they claim has confirmed existence of 50 new potential planets. They said this is the first time machine learning has been used to analyze a sample of potential planets and calculate their probability of being a true planet. The potential planets identified range from worlds as large as Neptune to smaller than Earth. ...more
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NASA shares close - up image of rare comet NEOWISE taken by Hubble
RonWisly
NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographed ther are comet NEOWISE after it skimmed closest to the Sun. The image shows NEOWISE's coma, the gossamer shell of gas and dust that surrounds comet's nucleus as it's heated by the Sun. This ist he first time Hubble has photographed a cometo f this brightness after such close of a pass by the Sun. ...more
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Gamma - ray telescopes measure diameters of distant stars
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Adding more telescopes at greater distances and by reviving a technique capable of combining specialized gamma - ray telescopes to one giant virtual instrument, scientists have measured the diameters of individual stars hundreds of light years away. The team used the four VERITAS telescopes (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) in the US as one combined ... ...more