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NASA`s Hubble telescope has discovered clouds in the atmosphere of a super-Earth type planet 40-light years away, providing the first-ever weather forecast for a planet outside our solar system.
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Astronomers using data from NASA`s Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes were able to create the first cloud map of a planet that is beyond our solar system, a Jupiter-like world known as Kepler-7b.
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NASA-funded astronomers have spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars for the first time.
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Britain’s government officials believe that aliens might visit Earth and suggest harnessing UFO technology for the country’s defences, files say.
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So called ‘citizen citizens’ have discovered two new potential planets that were previously shunned as non-promising candidates by NASA, astronomers at Yale University have announced.
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Kepler-19b and Kepler-19c, were detected by NASA`s Kepler space telescope.
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The project, called the 100-Year Starship study, will see key decisions taken within the next 12 weeks.
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