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NASA telescope spots potentially habitable planets

NASA's Kepler telescope has identified 503 new potential alien planets, some of which may even be habitable. The latest finding brings Kepler's tally of exoplanet candidates to 3,216, according to reports.

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NASA`s Curiosity rover finds `rat on Mars`

The Mast Camera on NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has captured a dusty orange rodent among the stones on the rock-strewn surface of the Red Planet, starry-eyed enthusiasts have claimed.

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Trip to Mars would likely exceed radiation limits for astronauts

Radiation levels measured by Nasa's Mars Curiosity rover show astronauts likely would exceed current US exposure limits during a roundtrip mission to Mars, scientists said.

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Earth’s most powerful telescope strengthens Big Bang theory

Scientists using the most powerful telescope on Earth has discovered that the moments just after the Big Bang happened more like the theory predicts

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New technique may help detect hidden Earth-like planets

An international team of exoplanet hunters is developing a new technology that would dramatically improve the odds of discovering planets with conditions suitable for life

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Probable life on Mars may be hydrogen powered

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder has suggested that a chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen “food” to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents.

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First woman in space wants to go to Mars

Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go to space, said that she willing to make a one-way trip to Mars. The 76-year old called it her "favourite planet", reports News.com.au.

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New pulsar distance record may help detect elusive gravitational waves

An international team of scientists (ASTRON) have used the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to set a new distance accuracy record, pegging a pulsar called PSR J2222-0137 at 871.4 light-years from Earth.

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Giant asteroid to fly by Earth on its closest approach on Friday!

On Friday, May 31st, at one minute to five in the afternoon (Eastern time), an impressive asteroid named 1998 QE2 will whiz past Earth at its closest approach for the next two centuries. The asteroid will be traveling at a speed 15 times faster than a rifle bullet.

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Lethal gamma-ray may soon hit earth

A lethal gamma-ray burst from a star about 8000 light years away could hit earth and possibly wipe out a quarter of our atmospheric ozone, astronomers have revealed. University of Kansas physicist Adrian Melott told Forbes such a gamma-ray burst would cause a 50 per cent increase in UVB radiation.

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