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NASA discovers new alien planets
Twenty-six new exoplanets have been discovered by NASA scientists seeking to locate planets outside our solar system. The alien planets were found orbiting stars in 11 newly discovered solar systems by the Kepler telescope, which the U.S. space agency...
Astronomers have recorded the absorption of a star by the black hole
Mariana Puzderi/ Chișinău / Moldova:ORG / -- American scientists fixed a scale cosmic cataclysm, using NASA's Space Telescope "Spitzer" - the absorption of a star by the black hole. The event occurred in the Dragon constellation in the center...
Telescope CoRoT discovered ten exoplanets(photo)
Mariana Puzderi/ Chișinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Space telescope CoRoT discovered ten new exoplanets, says "Kompyulenta" referring to the conference on the work of the telescope. The total number of planets detected by the 27-centimeter...
Further delay to Nasa's final Endeavour shuttle mission
The final mission of Nasa's Endeavour shuttle has been delayed further by a technical problem. US space agency managers said the ship would not now lift off before 8 May. It should have left Earth on Friday but has been held on the ground because of...
Nasa Glory mission ends in failure
The US space agency's (Nasa) attempt to launch its latest Earth observation mission has ended in failure. The Glory satellite lifted off from California on a quest to gather new data on factors that influence the climate. But about three minutes into...
U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery on its final flight
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has thundered into orbit on its final flight to carry supplies to the International Space Station. NASA's oldest shuttle in a fleet of three space vehicles was launched Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral...
Commercial 'Dragon' spacecraft makes history
The Dragon spacecraft made history Wednesday when it became the first commercially made space capsule to ever launch into orbit, circle the world, and successfully re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. NASA's administrator heralded the achievement as a ...
By Stela Roman NASA launches a free iPad app, which supports both WiFi and 3G streaming. The new app will offer mission information, photos, videos, and factoids. This is basically an improved version of the already existing iPhone app. Something...
Astronauts try to repair space station cooling system
NASA says two astronauts are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, continuing efforts to repair faulty cooling equipment that caused an emergency shutdown in the station last week. This is the second spacewalk in the past four...
NASA: Photos reveal stunning perspectives of space (video report)
By Susan Logue Koster For decades, the U.S. space agency, NASA, has been exploring space not only with manned spacecraft, like the shuttle Atlantis, but with robotic space probes like Mars Odyssey and Cassini, which is currently exploring Saturn. Equipped...
