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Mysterious cosmic burst of radio waves detected
Posted in Featured, Science on 21st Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
The burst could have hurled out as much energy in a few milliseconds as the Sun does in an entire day.
Kepler exoplanet tally passes 1,000
Posted in Science on 11th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
NASA's Kepler space telescope's count of exoplanets has passed the magic 1,000 mark, including eight new "habitable" planets and 544 candidate planets.
Kepler proves it can still find planets
Posted in Science on 22nd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Kepler has been reborn and is continuing to make discoveries.
Success with the ground-based detection of super-earth exoplanets
Posted in Science on 5th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have measured the passing of a super-Earth in front of a nearby star using a ground-based telescope for the first time.
Test Version of Planetary Resources Space telescope Scheduled to Launch Today
Posted in Hardware on 27th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
More than 1,500 asteroids are as easy to reach as the Moon and are in similar orbits as Earth.