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Revived Kepler telescope spies first multiple planet system

Colin Stuart — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:07:18 +0000

In very encouraging news, the Kepler planet-hunting telescope seems to be relishing its new setup – so much so that it has spotted its first exoplanetary system with more than one planet. This comes hot on the heels of the news before Christmas that the mission – dubbed K2 – had found its first exoplanet […]

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Dawn mission reveals Ceres’s ‘white spot’ persists

Colin Stuart — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:10:17 +0000

The latest image from NASA’s Dawn mission has revealed the same unexplained white spot observed by the Hubble Space Telescope as far back as 2003. Its true nature is one of many mysteries the mission hopes to resolve when it sidles up to the asteroid later this year. Some researchers suspect that Ceres has a […]

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Sun fires off first flare of 2015

Colin Stuart — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:10:23 +0000

Not to be outdone by our terrestrial attempts to welcome in the New Year, The Sun has put on its own fireworks display. NASA’s watching Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) took this image of a solar flare on January 12. 2015 is set to be another fantastic year for sunwatchers as high levels of activity continue. […]

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Astronomers use 3D printer to create model of the winds in Eta Carinae

Colin Stuart — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:53:13 +0000

Astronomy has always been at the cutting edge of technology. And now the worlds of stargazing and 3D printing are meeting, helping us understand what’s going on in the most luminous stellar system for light years around: Eta Carinae. The system is comprised of two stars in orbit around each other. Both have intense stellar […]

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Dawn spacecraft snaps Ceres

Colin Stuart — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:34:50 +0000

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting closer to the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt every day. Also classified as a dwarf planet due to its round shape, Ceres is set to be visited by the probe next year. Dawn will start to make its approach on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) and will arrive around Easter. […]

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