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Sun-like star and Earth-like planet is found.
Date: 2015-07-25 09:39:05
Sun-like star and Earth-like planet is found.For the first time a near-Earth-sized planet has been found orbiting a star that is very much like our own sun. NASA on Friday announced the discovery of Kepler-452b, which is 1400 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.The international[ More ]
NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto
Date: 2015-07-25 09:39:05
NASA's New Horizons mission to PlutoAfter travelling nine years and almost 5.3 billion kilometres, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will have just one day up close with dwarf planet Pluto and its five moons.Crucial to the mission is an Australian team operating the giant antennas that will track[ More ]
Jelly-Bean Moon of Pluto With Red Spot
Date: 2015-07-25 09:39:05
jelly-bean moon of Pluto with red spotThe latest pictures to be beamed back from the far reaches of the solar system show a newly discovered mountain range on Pluto and the first close-up images of two of the dwarf planet's smaller moons.NASA's New Horizons probe has discovered the mountain ra[ More ]