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.
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The joint NASA / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS,…
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ESA exoplanet hunter CHEOPS set to depart Spain for pre-launch testing
by Chris BerginThe CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) spacecraft has completed integration work at Airbus’ Madrid-Barajas site and is…
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SpaceX has launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS – with the launch on…
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Next month, SpaceX is set to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is…
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NASA has announced the discovery of a planetary system around star K2-138. The discovery was…
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As 2017 comes to a close, it does so in the realm of exoplanet research…
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In a year primarily dominated by interest in in-solar system exploration, 2013 saw significant and…
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Space science in 2024: Moon missions, Martian milestones, astrophysics discoveries, and more
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
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Astronomers have found evidence for a volcanic moon orbiting an exoplanet 635 light-years from Earth.…
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Astronomers have found more than 350 possible moons around asteroids by analyzing data from the…
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Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb…
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The combined Ariane 6 launcher task force, consisting of ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup, has reported…
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After a record-setting month featuring 10 launches, SpaceX is gearing up for a busy February.…
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30 years ago, on the very early morning of Dec. 2, 1993, the Space Shuttle…
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Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope,…
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NASA and SpaceX teams launched the agency’s Psyche mission to metallic asteroid 16 Psyche from…
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Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a team of…
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One year into science operations, Webb continues to rewrite the textbooks of science
On July 12, 2022, five groups of scientists gathered in different agencies across the world…
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With help from NEOWISE, astronomers observe giant star destroying planet for the first time
Using the California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech) Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and NASA’s Near-Earth Object…