ESO’s latest Earth-like exoplanet discovery launches debate

Last week, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet near Earth. Named Proxima Centauri b, it orbits...
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Things you must know about TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system named after the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope which astronomers used to discover it. It is located 39 light...
Study says the protein in human hair works as a DNA marker

Study says the protein in human hair works as a DNA...

California - A group of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new DNA identification method. The researchers analyze the protein contained in...

Himalayan study bears abominable results for Yeti enthusiasts

A group of researchers studying diverse samples supposedly belonging to the mythical Yeti have discovered through DNA analysis that all of these shreds of...
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NASA’s Curiosity news: Mars sustained life for millions of years

Data collected from the Curiosity rover suggest Mars was capable of sustaining life in the past for periods that could span tens or hundreds of...
Here Are the Three Private Citizens Who Paid $55 Million Each to Visit the ISS Next Year

Here Are the Three Private Citizens Who Paid $55 Million Each...

Three private citizens – Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe, will be hitching a ride to the ISS after paying about $55 million each....

2016 on its way to become hottest year ever, says UN

United Nations – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated on Thursday that according to data gathered on the first half of 2016, the current...

NASA to double data rates of the Space Network for the...

On Tuesday, NASA announced it would launch an initiative to upgrade the communications systems of the Space Network. The new Network will be able...
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Comet 45P will decorate the night sky on New Year’s Eve

2016 will have its own personal farewell, as a comet that travels around the solar system will be visible shortly after the sunset of...

Yellowstone supervolcano could erupt faster than expected

Researchers from Arizona State University recently presented their findings at IAVCEI’s 2017 Scientific Assembly, after spending weeks studying Yellowstone’s Lava Creek Tuff. Minerals extracted...