While the Kepler Space Telescope mission officially came to an end on 30 October 2018, starlight data recorded by the observatory continues to reveal new and intriguing exo-solar system objects. Among the recently-announced discoveries from Kepler data include an exoplanet of unusual size and the first potential exomoon around an exoplanet.
As the highly successful Kepler spacecraft ends its 9-year mission, humanity can look back at…
The continuing success of NASA’s Kepler mission was highlighted on Monday, following the discovery of…
Following on the planetary accomplishments of NASA’s fleet of unmanned solar system explorers in 2011,…
After one and one half years in space, NASA’s Kepler observatory, a telescope designed to…
The Delta II launch team at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have launched NASA’s…
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched a PSLV rocket Thursday, carrying thirty-one payloads including the…
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The joint NASA / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS,…
After twenty-nine years of reliable service, United Launch Alliance’s veteran Delta II rocket made its…
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SpaceX has launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS – with the launch on…
Next month, SpaceX is set to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is…
NASA has announced the discovery of a planetary system around star K2-138. The discovery was…
China conducted its fourth orbital launch of 2018 using a Long March 11 rocket –…
The second pair of Gaojing-1 (SuperView-1) satellites were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center…
The Chinese are looking to bounce back from last year’s failures that almost brought their…
As 2017 comes to a close, it does so in the realm of exoplanet research…
China successfully launched a new pair of navigation satellites – namely the Beidou-3M1 (Beidou-24) and…
The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has launched three new crewmembers to the International Space…