European Observatory (ESO) assembles 9 gigapixel image with 84 million stars
The European Southern Observatory has captured and analyzed an image of the center of our galaxy which, if printed at ...
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New ESA planet-hunter space telescope slated for 2017
The European Space Agency has officially announced that it will launch a new space telescope tasked with the primary objective ...
Newly discovered solar system is very similar to our own
Artist impression of the Kepler-30 solar system, complete with its planets' orbits. (c) Cristina Sanchis Ojeda ...
Venus at its brightest this week, while Venus transit marks once in a life time opportunity next month
Summer is set to kick-off with a series of beautiful Venus related events, from an astronomical point of view at ...
Turns out, another solar system has more planets than ours
Our solar system is special for two reasons: the first one, obviously - is us. Our solar system is the ...
How many Earth-like planets are there in the Milky Way? Billions, according to astronomers
One of the most outstanding dreams astronomers and other scientists hope to accomplish is to someday encounter proof that extraterestrial ...
“Water-world” alien planet confirmed by Hubble
[caption id="attachment_11737" align="alignnone" width="474" caption="Artist impression of the "water-world" GJ1214b, orbiting around its red-dward star. The planet represents a whole ...
Newly discovered “super-Earth” planet might support life
The hunt for finding another Earth is making progress every day, as scientists are constantly adding new viable candidates to ...
Kepler’s hunt for Earth-like planets
In our very own Milky Way galaxy alone, astronomers estimate there are between 200 billion and 400 billion stars. Of ...
Two new exoplanets spotted by astro gamers
This news couldn't have come any sooner. It was just last week that we reported how gamers made a monumental ...
Astronomers find best candidate for Earth-like planet, only 38 light years away
Artist impression of HD 85512b, a viable candidate for the first Earth-like planet to be discovered. ...
Beautiful exoplanet aurorae 1000 times brighter than on Earth
There are few more dazzling sights in the world than that of the great Norther Lights, and in a exercise ...
Earth-like planet may not exist
After an exciting discovery of a habitable earth-like planet, skepticism settles back in as a second team of scientists casts ...