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NASA Kepler Spacecraft discovers second exoplanet in quadruple star system

Mar 6, 2015

For a very long time, the sun has been the commonly known star among the many planets of the solar system. However, according to Dr Lewis Roberts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and his group ...

Boffins find the habitable Earth like exoplanets 470 light years far from our solar system

Charles Omedo

Jan 8, 2015

Innovation

Space researchers may have found new planets that promise to be habitable and support life, and these are just 470 light-years away from our solar system. These new exoplanets were discovered by the Kepler spac...

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovers super-earth exoplanet 180 light years far from us

Cody Gash

Dec 19, 2014

Innovation

NASA scientists announced the discovery of a massive ‘super-Earth’ planet located 180 Light Years from our Earth, discovered by using the planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope spacecraft. The new planet is abou...

Astronomers find Water Vapors in atmosphere on a Neptune sized Exoplanet 124 Light-Years far from Earth

Ally Stackhouse

Sep 25, 2014

Innovation

Recently Astronomers have discovered a planet which has water vapor in its atmosphere. The planet is situated 124 light years from the Earth. It is the first planet of the size of Neptune which harbors water va...

Astronomical society says light years far Exoplanets have monster problems

Platonium

Jun 3, 2014

Innovation

The 224th American Astronomical Science meeting in Boston has been abuzz with discussion on exoplanets, with many findings indicating that they have some big problems. Exoplanets are gigantic planets, with s...

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