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20 rocky, temperate, Earth-like exoplanets marked for further study
2016-08-08 17:30:51| Extremetech
Out of Kepler's entire catalog of confirmed exoplanets, scientists have sifted through and found twenty rocky worlds like ours.
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NASAs TESS mission on track to start hunting exoplanets in 2017
2016-08-04 18:58:11| Extremetech
Where Kepler cast its eyes to a small patch of distant space, TESS will make a shallower whole-sky survey of stars within a few hundred light years of Earth.
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This week in space: dark matter, exoplanets, galactic superclusters, and a Dragon
2016-07-22 15:35:56| Extremetech
It's the 47th anniversary of the moon landing, so let's watch Buzz Aldrin punch a moon landing denialist right in the face.
NASAs Kepler finds 104 new confirmed exoplanets
2016-07-21 13:30:38| Extremetech
Kepler might have encountered some issues, but it's still making big discoveries.
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Kepler team announces largest-ever collection of 1,284 verified new exoplanets
2016-05-11 19:46:47| Extremetech
Despite malfunctioning hardware and dwindling fuel reserves, Kepler forges onward, equipped with a new statistical method that confirmed more than 1200 exoplanets.
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