This artistic animation depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. The star, Kepler-452, is a G2-type star like our sun, with nearly the same temperature and mass. The planet’s rotation is sped up.
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Earth came early to the party in the evolving universe. According to a new theoretical study, when our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago only eight percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed.
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Astronomers have detected the first planetary object transiting a white dwarf using data from the K2 mission, confirming a decade-old theory.
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Of the 1,030 confirmed planets from Kepler, a dozen are less than twice the size of Earth and reside in the habitable zone of their host star.
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Twelve new Kepler habitable zone planets less than twice the size of Earth surface
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Registration is open for student teams to participate in the 2016 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The challenge will take place April 7-9, 2016, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Registration for international teams will close Jan. 11; U.S. team reregistration closes on Feb. 8.
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News Media are invited to Glenn to cover remarks during Young Astronaut Day and to interview speakers, students, sponsors and volunteers.
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During a noon EST media teleconference today, NASA and university scientists will discuss new insights, tools and agency research into key carbon and climate change questions, as the agency ramps up its efforts to understand how Earth’s ocean, forest, and land ecosystems absorb nearly half of emitted carbon dioxide today.
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The discovery of planets continues to expand beyond the domain of professional astronomers.
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After maintaining hurricane intensity for over a week former category four hurricane Olaf is now a post-tropical storm and moved into hurricane history.
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