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Scientists find nearly 100 new ‘exoplanets’ in hunt for life in space

Posted by Genevieve Klien in alien life, innovation

Feb 16
2018

Scientists have discovered nearly 100 new ‘exoplanets’ in the search for Earth-like planets that could support life.

It’s a major breakthrough that reveals new planets that range in size from smaller than Earth to celestial bodies even bigger than Jupiter.

The findings were made by a team of international colleagues from the University of Denmark, NASA, the University of Tokyo and others.

How the private space industry could take over lower Earth orbit — and make money off it

Posted by Genevieve Klien in economics, space

Feb 16
2018

What will happen when the International Space Station ends?

Amateur Astronauts Flock to The Starfighters as Space Travel Becomes Reality

Posted by Genevieve Klien in space

Feb 16
2018

The Starfighters are lobbying to become the first certified astronaut training fleet endorsed by NASA.

Hubble sees Neptune’s mysterious shrinking storm

Posted by Genevieve Klien in space

Feb 16
2018

Three billion miles away on the farthest known major planet in our solar system, an ominous, dark storm — once big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal — is shrinking out of existence as seen in pictures of Neptune taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

A Scientific Search For A Ghost (Particle)

Posted by Genevieve Klien in particle physics

Feb 16
2018

Scientists put a lot of effort into uncovering the history of these tiny bits of matter, in the hopes that it will tell us something about the universe, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.