NASA’s first planet hunting mission finally drew to a close on October 30, 2018. After spending nine years in deep space circling the Sun in an orbit somewhat wider and slower than the Earth’s and collecting data that indicated the existence of …Continue reading
Hubble space telescope captures image of most distant star ever detected
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a star roughly nine billion light years away from Earth, using a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The blue supergiant, named MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (LS1) and also known as Icarus, is …Continue reading
Meet Ross 128 B: The Newest Life-Sustaining Planet Discovered by NASA
Astronomers have discovered a new planet which may be the best candidate to support life found in the course of space exploration so far. Known as Ross 128b, it was discovered by an planet-finding instrument attached to the European Southern Observatory’s 3.6-metre …Continue reading
The Seven Most Extreme Planets Ever Discovered
Scientists recently discovered the hottest planet ever found – with a surface temperature greater than some stars. As the hunt for planets outside our own solar system continues, we have discovered many other worlds with extreme features. And the ongoing exploration of our own …Continue reading
Nasa’s Kepler Telescope Finds 10 More Planets That Could Sustain Life
NASA has released its most detailed and comprehensive mission catalog of planets detected by its Kepler telescope. The telescope team has discovered 219 new planets, 10 of which are alike in size to Earth and orbit in the habitable zone of a …Continue reading
7 New Earth-Like Planets Discovered
A record breaking number of new Earth-like planets orbiting around a single star in a nearby solar system have been discovered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In a press release on February 22, 2017, NASA has said that all …Continue reading