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The End Is Nigh for NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope
Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller
Kepler space telescope, which has discovered 70 percent of the 3,750 exoplanets known to date, is running so low on fuel it has been put it into a hibernation-like state.
121 giant exoplanets in habitable zones may have habitable moons
Posted in Science on 17th Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller
Researchers have identified more than 100 giant planets that potentially host moons capable of supporting life.
SpaceX finally Falcon flings NASA's TESS into orbit
Posted in Hardware on 20th Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller
The Booster hurled the probe and sat down on the boat in the Atlantic
Delay for Nasa's TESS planet-hunting space telescope
Posted in Hardware on 17th Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller
The launch of Nasa's Tess planet-hunter has been postponed and it will not now lift off until Wednesday at the earliest.
NASA stalls $8bn James Webb Space Telescope again
Posted in Featured, Science on 29th Mar, 2018
by Alex Muller
The launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope has been kicked back a year to 2020.