'How did we get here?' NASA hopes 'artificial star' can teach us more about the universe
In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, a team at George Mason University is heading a project to construct and launch a ...
Webb telescope is about to home in on these 2 exoplanets. Here's why.
LTT 1445 Ac is roughly the size of Earth and about 22 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The planet orbits the ...
NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years
NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years - Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers ...
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...
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Super-Earth Exoplanet Formation Becomes Nearly Impossible Around Metal-Poor Stars
How can the metal content of stars influence the formation of Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in ...
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'Warm Jupiter' exoplanet 300 light-years away found by amateur astronomers
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has so far spotted over 7,000 planets around other stars, but only a fraction of them have been confirmed to be real detections — the rest ...
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NASA spacecraft captures 1st photo of its giant solar sail while tumbling in space
NASA's testing a solar sail system in space, and the spacecraft that brought the tech there has snapped a photo.
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Habitability Of Exoplanets Studied By NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart Yahoo Sports ...
Unlocking New Dimensions of Dark Matter With NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in 2027, aims to capture high-resolution images of galaxies and cosmic ...
NASA completes spacecraft to transport, support Roman Space Telescope
The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once ...
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NASA’s Next Rocket Launcher Project Is Going Off the Rails
Mobile Launcher 1 (ML-1) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida NASA/Michael DeMocker NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a scathing report on the space agency’s second mobile ...
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'Warm Jupiter' exoplanet 300 light-years away found by amateur astronomers
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has so far spotted over 7,000 planets around ...