Large Binocular Telescope Studies Dust for Other Earths
The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the “habitable zone” around a star, opening a new door…
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Kepler Mission Announces Discovery of 715 New Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system.…
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Hubble Reveals M83 Is Ablaze With Star Formation
The vibrant magentas and blues in this Hubble image of the barred spiral galaxy M83 reveal that the galaxy is ablaze with star formation. The galactic…
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An artist’s concept of an exoplanet. Image credit: ESO. January 14, 2010: The premiere observatory of the next decade, the James Webb Space Telescope, will launch…
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