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NASA scientists explain what's next after TRAPPIST-1 announcement (photos)
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In an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, a user corrects a NASA scientist after their "brain fart" and experts answer burning questions about the newly discovered planetary system.
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, united-states
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Scientists announce discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star Video
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A team of astronomers have announced the discovery of seven Earth-like planets in a nearby solar system; the largest number yet of detected worlds capable of having liquid water on their surface. The planets have been found around TRAPPIST-1, a Jupiter-sized ultra-cool star located 40 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius.
Topics: planets-and-asteroids, science-and-technology, astronomy-space
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Professor Alan Duffy explains when we'll know if we can live on these planets Video
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Professor Alan Duffy says there's the potential for life to arise on any one of these newly discovered planets, but we James Webb space telescope to complete its mission to know more.
Topics: astronomy-space, australia
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Scientists discover seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star
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Seven Earth-sized planets, some of which fall within the Goldilocks zone and could harbour life, have been discovered orbiting a dwarf star in our own galactic neighbourhood.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids
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Topics: university-and-further-education, education, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, australian-national-university-0200, canberra-2600, act, australia
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SpaceX rocket blasts off from Kennedy Space Centre. Video
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A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off from a historic NASA launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, from which astronauts flew to the moon nearly a half-century ago.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, spacecraft, united-states
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SpaceX Falcon lifts off from historic Kennedy Space Centre
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A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off from a historic NASA launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, from which astronauts flew to the moon nearly a half-century ago.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, spacecraft, united-states
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More hints emerge that dwarf planet Ceres contains potential for life
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Simple organic molecules have been detected on the dwarf planet Ceres, adding to evidence it contains key ingredients essential for life.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids
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Why it's time for Australia to launch its own NASA Analysis
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Australia plays a critical role in many other countries' space programs, but if we're to capitalise on its strengths in space tracking as well as space science in such a rapidly growing sector, it's time we considered forming a space agency of our own.
Topics: space-exploration, spacecraft, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, australia
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Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex image
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Topics: spacecraft, space-exploration, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, canberra-2600
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ESA's deep space tracking dish image
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Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, spacecraft, new-norcia-6509, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Comet 45P and a rare winking star lead February's sky line up
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Grab your binoculars! After a quiet start to the year, Australian sky watchers will be treated to a close encounter with a green comet and a rare winking star.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids
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'Middleweight' black hole discovered in world-first
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A Queensland scientist plays a vital role in the world-first discovery of a "middleweight" black hole in space, after spending 40 years searching the universe to find it.
Topics: blackholes, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, research, university-of-queensland-4072, qld, australia, united-states
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Binge eating black hole devours star twice the size of the Sun
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Scientists discover a supermassive black hole that has taken a record-breaking decade to devour a star twice the size of the Sun — and it is still chewing away.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, the-universe, blackholes, stars, australia
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Illustration of tidal disruption event (TDE) image
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Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, blackholes, stars, united-states
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NASA astronaut throws 'longest Hail Mary' pass ahead of Super Bowl
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NASA releases video showing an astronaut on the International Space Station throwing a football in honour of Sunday's Super Bowl in the United States.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, spacecraft, american-football, community-and-society, united-states
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Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, regional, lifestyle, astronomy-space, cairns-4870
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'Very small' meteorites found on suburban roofs Video
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Swinbourne University astronomer Alan Duffy from speaks to ABC after amateur astronomers suggested that tiny meteorites could be found on suburban rooftops.
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NASA unveils spaceship hatch 50 years after fatal Apollo 1 fire
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NASA marks the 50th anniversary of its Moon program's fatal Apollo launch pad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch that trapped three astronauts inside their spaceship during a routine pre-launch test.
Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, spacecraft, science-and-technology, air-and-space, accidents, united-states
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Work on WA's powerful ASKAP telescope on 'home stretch'
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Construction of the powerful Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope, which is being built to look back through billions of years of the universe's history, is on the "home straight".
Topics: science-and-technology, space-exploration, astronomy-space, geraldton-6530, wa
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Believers talk about their close encounters Audio
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Hundreds of believers in life beyond Earth attended the Close Encounters Conference in Byron Bay.
Topics: human-interest, astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, the-universe, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, human-interest, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, human-interest, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, human-interest, byron-bay-2481
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Last astronaut to walk on the Moon dies aged 82
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Apollo astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, is remembered as a "patriot and pioneer" following the 82-year-old's death on Tuesday (AEDT).
Topics: space-exploration, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, united-states
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