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Project Blue’s half-meter-wide telescope is expected to be sent into orbit in roughly three years. It’s high-contrast imaging is designed to take pictures of our closest neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri. Alpha Centauri is 4.37 light years away from our solar system.
The search for life beyond our solar system has taken an exciting turn, after a Belgian-led team reported finding planets with the potential to host life.
Duran Duran will headline the 50th anniversary concert of the Apollo 11 Moon landing at he Kennedy Space Center on July 16.
Scientists have discovered a planet orbiting the star closest to our own sun. If that’s not remarkable enough, the planet lies in the star’s so-called Goldilocks zone, meaning it’s possible the planet’s surface supports liquid water, and perhaps even life.
NASA’s Kepler mission, launched in 2009 and with two more years to go, has detected 1,284 new exoplanets, including nine worlds that may be able to sustain life.
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