No-one knows how to drum up excitement before an announcement quite like NASA. This morning they announced the discovery of […]
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Juno spacecraft reaches Jupiter – In the news
After five years travelling across the solar system, the NASA spacecraft Juno has begun its final descent into orbit around […]
Continue readingPluto photos captivate the public
From mountains to moons, new photos from Pluto have been splashed across mainstream media. Released this week, the images were […]
Continue readingHow many other ‘Earths’ are out there?
New Zealand researchers are proposing a new method for identifying and recording Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars, anticipating there could […]
Continue readingKiwis’ ‘Rogue’ planets capture otherworldy attention
New Zealand astronomers and astrophysicists have helped identify a collection of Jupiter-sized free-floating planets that do not orbit stars, but […]
Continue readingPlanets sighted around distant star
In astronomical news this week: For the first time, images have been captured of a planetary system orbiting another star. […]
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