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NASA Cassini Captures Final Images of Saturn Moon Dione

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As NASA’s probe entered the orbit of Dione, Saturn’s icy moon, the landscape looked to be magical. It started to get closer and closer to the surface features of the small frozen microcosm of sorts....

Gemini Planet Imager Discovers Young Jupiter Planet 51 Eridani b

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Astronomers have been peering out into the far depths of outer space since eons. And they have found stuff that amazes the mind of man by its sheer novelty. A recent find is the 51 Eridani b which...

NASA finds Nearest Super Earth

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NASA made a huge splash last week with the discovery of Kepler-452B. The exoplanet is the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is like to our sun.Using NASA's...

Aurora Spotted on Brown Dwarf Outside Solar System

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Astronomers discovered the first aurora ever seen outside our Solar System. The aurora is like the famous "Northern Lights" on Earth.It is 10,000 times more powerful than any before seen. The...

NASA Windbots could Study Gas Giant Jupiter Skies

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The science of robotics is being used in the plans NASA holds for future times. Especially, windbots may be used to scour the climatic conditions of such gas giants as the planet Jupiter. A team...

It would take 6 million Years to reach Kepler-452b

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Yesterday NASA made a huge splash with the announcement of a new exoplanet Kepler-452b.Kepler-452b is the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to...

It would take 6 million Years to reach Kepler-452b

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Yesterday NASA made a huge splash with the announcement of a new exoplanet Kepler-452b.Kepler-452b is the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to...