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NASA's Tess spacecraft begins search for new planets

TessliftedofffromCapeCanaveralinFloridaonWednesdayeveninglocaltime,ridingaSpaceXFalconrocket.TheTransitingExoplanetSurveySatellitewillspendtwoyearsscouring85%of

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NASA spacecraft aims to put mystery planets on galactic map

Callingallplanetsthatorbitaroundbright,nearbystars,NASA’snewTessspacecraftislookingtodoaheadcount.TheTransitingExoplanetSurveySatellite,Tessforshort,isembarking

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Nasa to launch Tess on hunt for 20,000 new worlds

Ifthevagariesofweatherandrocketsciencedonotintervene,themostambitioussearchforalienworldsaroundthebrighteststarsintheskywillbeginonMondaywiththelaunchofNasa’sne

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NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

NASAispoisedtolauncha$337millionwashingmachine-sizedspacecraftthataimstovastlyexpandmankind'ssearchforplanetsbeyondoursolarsystem,particularlycloser,Earth-sized

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Trappist-1 planets have water, may be 'habitable': researchers

SevenplanetsrecentlyspottedorbitingadimstarinourMilkyWaygalaxyarerocky,seemtohavewater,andarepotentially"habitable",researchersstudyingthedistantsystemsaidMonda

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Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours

AsolarsystemwithasmanyplanetsasourownhasbeendiscoveredwiththehelpofNASA'sKeplerspacetelescopeandartificialintelligence,theUSspaceagencysaidThursday."Oursolarsys

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Venus and Jupiter conjunction: Sky-watchers witness dawn display

JupiterandVenus-thetwobrightestplanets-havebeenappearingtogetherinthemorningsky.TheyhavebeenvisibletothenakedeyeacrosstheUKandcountriesinthemid-northernlatitude

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Scientists discover a ring around dwarf planet Haumea

Scientistshavefoundaringaroundanunassumingmini-planetinourSolarSystemtodebunkthetheorythatonlygiantplanetscanbesoadorned.Thisisthefirstobservationofaringarounda

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Astronomers discover smallest-ever star

Astronomers have identified the smallest star ever measured, which is slightly larger in size than that of Saturn, according to a study released Wednesday by the University of Cambridge.

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Astronomers discover smallest-ever star

Astronomershaveidentifiedthesmalleststarevermeasured,whichisslightlylargerinsizethanthatofSaturn,accordingtoastudyreleasedWednesdaybytheUniversityofCambridge.Th

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New NASA study explores future missions to Uranus and Neptune

USspaceagencyNASAonTuesdayreleasedanewreport,IceGiantPre-DecadalStudyFinalReport,envisioningpotentialfuturemissionstothemysterious"icegiant"planetsUranusandNept

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'We are not alone': Nasa telescope finds 10 Earth-like planets

Astronomershaveadded219candidatestothegrowinglistofplanetsbeyondthesolarsystem,10ofwhichmaybeaboutthesamesizeandtemperatureasEarth,boostingthechancesofhostingli

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Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star

Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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Aussie astronomers find potentially habitable planet in galaxy not so far away

​Aussie astronomers have found the closest potentially habitable planet that's four times the size of earth just outside our solar system.

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NASA discovers 715 new planets outside solar system

U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday its Kepler spacecraft has verified the existence of 715 more planets orbiting stars outside the solar system.

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One in five Sun-like stars may have Earth-sized planets: study

One in five Sun-like stars may have planets about the size of Earth and a surface temperature conducive to life, U.S. researchers said Monday.