Could an Alien ‘Star Engine’ Be Detectable in Exoplanet Data?
In 1948, astronomer Fritz Zwicky, the esteemed co-discoverer of dark matter, speculated that “fusion jets” could be used by a future civilization to navigate our sun…
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Photographing Our World From 400 Km High
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is spending six months on the International Space Station conducting experiments and keeping the orbital outpost running with five colleague astronauts. In…
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The ESA’s Billion-Star Surveyor Will Be Launched Into Space Later This Year
Gaia, ESA’s billion-star surveyor, will be launched into space towards the end of this year. In the meantime, ESA Space Science has launched a new ‘minisite’…
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Cassini to Photograph Earth and Saturn From Deep Space
On July 19, 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will photograph Saturn and its entire ring system during a total eclipse of the sun. Cassini has done this…
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Europe’s Herschel Science Mission Ends
With the exhaustion of its helium coolant, Herschel’s science mission ended on 29 April. But the stalwart satellite continued providing value to the end, serving as…
Read the articleFarthest Planet Forming From Its Star Seen by Hubble
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge…
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Noctilucent Clouds Start Appearing Early This Year
Every summer, something strange and wonderful happens high above the north pole. Ice crystals begin to cling to the smoky remains of meteors, forming electric-blue clouds…
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Cassini Identifies Cause of Titan’s Distinctive Orange-Brown Haze
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn’s largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan’s atmosphere and forming a ring…
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NASA Launching IRIS, Next Solar Mission, June 26
NASA’s next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun’s lower atmosphere or interface region.…
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Radiation Measured by NASA’s Curiosity Rover Has Implications for Future Manned Missions to Mars
This set of artist’s concepts shows NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory cruise capsule and NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which is being built now at NASA’s Johnson Space Center…
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