Tag Archives: Planetary science

NASA Unveils New Exoplanet Kepler-452b

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Has NASA found another earth? This question hounds space fans since early this week when NASA announced a media event to talk about new Kepler Space Telescope discoveries.The telescope's mission is...

Did NASA Find a New Earth?

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Update: NASA found Super Earth Kepler-452b.Has NASA found another earth? An announcement for a media event on Thursday contains hints to believe that.NASA will announce new discoveries of the Kepler...

Jupiter Twin Discovered Orbiting Sun Like Star in Solar Twin

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A bunch of astronomers have employed a special telescope to take images of a planet that resembles our own Jupiter. And the odd thing is that the star it is revolving around in an elliptical fashion...

Pluto Photos of New Horizons Flyby Released

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The first images of the New Horizons Pluto Flyby have been released by NASA. The new close-up images of a region near Pluto's equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as...

NASA Releases Best Photo Yet of Pluto

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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has flown by Pluto at the shortest distance of its mission. NASA as shared today the best photo yet of Pluto taken yesterday from 476,000 miles. The photos New...

Pluto is Larger Than Believed

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NASA has new information from New Horizons as it approaches Pluto. The closest distance will be reached tomorrow on July 14. Today NASA can reveal the size of Pluto and its larger than thought. New...

NASA Probe Sets Out for Pluto

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It hasn't happened yet, but any minute, a small probe will land on Pluto. This probe, which has travelled over 3.6 billion miles, will give us breathtaking views of the smallest planet that we have...

New Horizons Confirms Methane on Pluto with Ralph

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Astronomers knew that there is methane on Pluto since the 70s. Now the New Horizons spacecraft has detected frozen methane to confirm the observations made decades ago. “We already knew there...