Google’s home page has a rare late day Doodle, special logo, this one is for the NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope finding the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. NASA said “three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water.”
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Astronomers discover 7 potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting nearby dwarf star
An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets – or planets outside our solar system – that could have liquid water on their surfaces, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature . It is unclear whether any of the newly discovered planets can harbor life.
Scientists discover 7 rocky earth-sized exoplanets around nearby star
The illustration released by NASA on Feb. 22, 2017 shows the artist’s concept of what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets’ diameters, masses and distances from the host star. A compact analogue of our inner solar system about 40 light years away from the Earth has been discovered, NASA announced during a press conference on Wednesday.
Scientists discover 7 rocky earth-sized exoplanets around nearby star
The illustration released by NASA on Feb. 22, 2017 shows the artist’s concept of what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets’ diameters, masses and distances from the host star. A compact analogue of our inner solar system about 40 light years away from the Earth has been discovered, NASA announced during a press conference on Wednesday.
Several Earth-Like Planets Discovered Orbiting Nearby Star
When astronomers eyeball little stars twinkling through their telescopes, they now know for certain that circling around some of them are worlds not unlike our own. On Wednesday, a Dutch-led international research team using both ground and space-based telescopes announced they’d discovered a solar system 40 light-years away with seven Earth-size planets revolving around a small star.
Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Sized Planets Around A Nearby Star
This artist’s rendering shows what one of the seven planets, TRAPPIST-1f, might look like. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption A small, faint star relatively close by is home to seven Earth-sized planets with conditions that could be right for liquid water and maybe even life.
DC-based for decades, Apollo 11 capsule to go on road trip
The Apollo 11 command module, which tra… . In this photo taken Feb. 17, 2017, the Apollo 11 capsule sits in the restoration hanger at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., ahead of a planned four-city tour.
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Astronomers call it the most incredible star system they’ve ever seen. A newly discovered set of exoplanets only 39 light-years away could be the perfect lab for finally proving we aren’t alone.
7 Earth-like planets found orbiting star 39 light-years from Earth
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Found: Seven rocky Earth-sized planets in orbit around a nearby star
An artist’s impression shows the view just above the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultra-cool dwarf star 40 lightyears from Earth and they are all roughly the same size as the Earth.
Russian supply ship launched to International Space Station
A Soyuz-U booster rocket carrying the Progress MS-05 spacecraft blasted off as scheduled at 11:58 a.m. from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan. The mission follows the Dec. 1 botched launch of the previous Progress ship, which crashed less than 7 minutes after liftoff, spraying fiery debris over a sparsely populated area in southern Siberia near the border with Mongolia.
SpaceX, Russian cargo ships heading for space station
As a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship closed in on the International Space Station early Wednesday, a Russian Soyuz-U rocket making the venerable booster’s final flight successfully lifted a Progress supply ship into orbit, three months after an upper stage failure destroyed another station-bound freighter. Mounted atop a snow-covered launch pad — the same pad used by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the dawn of the Space Age — the Soyuz-U rocket carrying the Progress MS-05/66P cargo ship thundered to life at 12:58 a.m. EST and climbed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Bonniers Konsthall opens solo exhibition of work by Susan Philipsz
Bonniers Konsthall presents the solo exhibition Lost in Space with The Global Fine Art Award-winner Susan Philipsz, Bonniers Konsthall’s guest artist 2017. Susan Philipsz embarked on the journey to create a new installation for the Konsthall by seeking inspiration from a key Swedish literary and opera work-the space opera Aniara.
Alien Bugs Could Attack Humans
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NICER
A new X-ray telescope that’s scheduled for launch as early as April will study the crushed corpses of once-mighty stars. NICER will attach to the International Space Station, as shown in this artist’s concept.
Congress Slashes Funding For NASA’s Global Warming Research
The House is expected to pass the bill , and President Trump will likely sign it. Supporters say it “re-balances” NASA’s budget back toward space exploration and away from global warming and earth science research.
We may be closer to finding traces of alien life in the solar system
NASA’s Dawn space probe has found evidence of carbon, the critical building block of life on Earth, on the dwarf planet Ceres. Because it seems to be native to the planet and not deposited by a comet or meteorite, the discovery is seen as new evidence life may be more abundant in space than we thought.
Elon Musk’s Mars plans delayed until 2020
Earlier this year, SpaceX chief, Elon Musk, announced that he was ‘planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018.’ SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell revealed the new timeline at a press briegfing for the company’s recent launch from NASA ‘s historic launch pad 39A.
How a movie about black NASA heroes became the crowd-pleasing…
The box-office success of best picture nominee “Hidden Figures” is as much an underdog story as the one it tells. When director Theodore Melfi’s look at the black female mathematicians who were vital in getting Americans in space in the 1960s hit wide release in January, industry insiders regarded it as the latest release to get crowded out by “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which still at No.
Mayo doc’s stem cell experiment blasts into space
The SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday. In addition to supplies for the International Space Station, the payload included a Mayo Clinic experiment involving stem cells.
UAE to build first city on Mars by 2117
The UAE has unveiled plans to build the first city on Mars by 2117 as the energy-rich country looks to transport people to the Red Planet over the next few decades. Do you think the UAE’s Mars 2117 mission will succeed and in the next hundred years they will have a city on Mars? “Mars 2117 Project” is a new space construction project which the UAE is planning by building a mini-city with an average population of 600,000 on Mars.
Juno Probe to Remain in Current Orbit Around Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft soared directly over Jupiter’s south pole when JunoCam acquired this image on Feb. 2, 2017, from an altitude of about 62,800 miles above the cloud tops. This image was processed by citizen scientist John Landino.
SpaceX successfully launches Dragon capsule from Launch complex 39A
SpaceX has been working on renovating historic Launch Complex 39A where NASA sent the Apollo moon missions into space. On February 19, SpaceX made its first launch from that famous facility sending a Falcon 9 tipped with a robotic Dragon capsule into space to rendezvous with the ISS.
SpaceX Successfully Launches First Rocket from Historic NASA Pad
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will act as a multi-user spaceport due to the launch of Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket at launch complex 39-A, a historic launch pad. The CRS-10 is Space X’s 10th mission for commercial supply to the ISS International Space Station.
Space flight is next frontier for UK under new powers
Science minister Jo Johnson said the bill would “cement the UK’s position as a world leader in this emerging market” Space ports could be set up and satellites launched from regions across the UK under new powers to be unveiled this week. The Spaceflight Bill will also allow scientists to fly to the edge of space and conduct experiments in zero gravity, which could help develop vaccines and antibiotics, the Department for Transport said.
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 from historic NASA pad
A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasted off on Sunday from a Florida launch pad once used to send NASA astronauts to the moon. The 70-metre Falcon 9 went on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, while the rocket’s booster gracefully flew back to earth and successfully landed just nine minutes after take off.
Successful SpaceX launch and landing
SpaceX successfully launched a cargo capsule into orbit on Sunday, sending 5,500 pounds of food and experiments to the ISS, and gave an extra special to spectators watching the event. The leftover booster landed back at Cape Canaveral eight minutes after liftoff, a feat accomplished only twice before .
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Space X launches rocket bound for ISS
The launch marks the company’s return to space after one of its rockets exploded on the launch pad in September. This rocket is carrying a spacecraft called Dragon that will bring cargo to the International Space Station.
Commercial space flights from UK by 2020 under new Govt plans
Space ports could be set up and satellites could blast off from regions across the UK under new proposals set to be unveiled this week. The Spaceflight Bill would allow scientists to conduct experiments in zero gravity – paving the way for the development of vaccines and antibiotics, the Department for Transport said.
UK government to set out powers paving way for first space satellite launch
Britain will set out powers this week which would allow the launch of space satellites from the country for the first time, the government said on Monday. Draft legislation, which will also allow for horizontal flights to the edge of space for scientific experiments and the establishment of space ports around Britain, will set out rules and regulations for the sector.
SpaceX launches rocket from NASA’s historic moon pad
A Space X Falcon9 rocket sits on the launch pad, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla Last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX on Saturday to delay its inaugural launch from NASA’s historic moon pad. SpaceX halted the countdown with just 13 seconds remaining.
SpaceX Successfully Launches Rocket From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
After a minor setback on Saturday causing SpaceX to cancel its rocket launch 13 seconds before liftoff, Elon Musk’s aerospace company successfully sent its Falcon 9 into space this morning. Musk posted on Twitter that while the original mission was considered to be 99% fine on the readings, it wasn’t worth the slight risk, which resulted in an extra day to address any technical issues.
Sunday’s launch could be the start of an annus mirabilis for SpaceX
It was SpaceX’s second launch of 2017, and the second flight after recovering from an accident in September, 2016. SpaceX launched from the most hallowed ground of the US space enterprise on Sunday-the place where nearly all of the Moon launches occurred, and about 80 percent of all the space shuttle missions, including the vehicle’s final flight in 2011.
SpaceX successfully launches on voyage to International Space Station
Just hours before blastoff, the first ever SpaceX Falcon 9 set to soar to the space station from historic pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center , the rocket went vertical below delightfully dark skies on the Florida Space Coast. Russia, meanwhile, plans to launch a supply ship to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
SpaceX launch heaps new history on top of old in major first
On Sunday morning, SpaceX hoisted a spacecraft, named the Dragon, toward the International Space Station, and the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth without issue. Missions to the ISS require precise timing and must be attempted only when the space station is directly over the launch site.
SpaceX successfully launches on voyage to International Space Station
SpaceX successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday morning after a failed attempt the day before. The Falcon rocket, which is travelling to space without the physical presence of an astronaut, will be carrying supplies to the International Space Station and scheduled to arrive by 9:39 a.m. ET Sunday.
SpaceX launches from historic Kennedy Space Center pad
In this image from NASA TV, the SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. It’s carrying a load of supplies for the International Space Station.
SpaceX launches and lands another rocket
It was the first SpaceX launch from Florida since a Falcon 9 exploded on a launch pad on September 1, 2016. Sunday’s launch was also the first from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39 since the NASA Space Shuttles was retired in July 2011.
SpaceX launches rocket from Nasa’s historic moon pad
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