Astronomers discover the first exoplanet orbiting within a triple star system and manage to obtain a direct image of the new world.
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Construction has just finished on the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-aperture telescope
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As part of Juno's mission to Jupiter, Lego has fashioned three figurines (representing Jupiter, Juno and Galileo) to accompany the probe on its mission
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Astronomers have now determined a nearby brown dwarf has some exciting characteristics: its atmosphere is full of clouds of water vapor. This is the first time water clouds have been detected outside of our Solar System.
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An international trio of astronauts and cosmonauts representing the United States, Russia and Japan blasted off in the early morning Kazakh hours today, July 7, for a new mission of science and discovery on the International Space Station (ISS).
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According to a recent study from Cornell University, the prebiotic conditions for life might exist on Titan, despite it being cold and having no water
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In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets - also known as Jovians. And beyond our Sun, thousands more are being found...
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The Moon makes a close pass near Jupiter this weekend and occults it for observers in the southern Indian Ocean region.
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Based on our current growth in energy usage, how long will it take before we use up all the energy of our planet, of our star, or even all the energy in our galaxy?
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Since time immemorial, humans have known that the Sun will rise in the east and set in the west. But why exactly does it happen this way?
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Located between 5,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth is the Omega Nebula, one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions in our galaxy
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A recently released catalogue showing the results of a Herschel survey has revealed how stars have cleaned the universe over billions of years
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Our guide to earth at aphelion for July 4th, 2016.
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On July 4th, the Juno spacecraft - the second long-term mission to Jupiter - will arrive at the gas giant, and begin to shed light its many mysteries
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In an 'Independence Day' gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing missions to continue for another two years this holiday weekend.
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As part of China's Chang'e-4 lunar mission. a new radio antenna being developed in the Netherlands will be deployed to the far side of the Moon in 2018
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One of the strangest implications of Relativity is the concept of time dilation; how people moving at different speeds will experience different amounts of time. Dr. Brian Koberlein helps us figure it out.
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