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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
9 hours ago

How far are we from finding exomoons and exorings?

Giant planets in our solar system and around other stars likely possess numerous moons and rings, which astronomers can detect indirectly through transit methods and light curve analysis.
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fromMail Online
4 months ago

Agents race to Texas crash site as balloon from space lands in crops

A NASA high-altitude research balloon carrying a telescope crash-landed on a West Texas farm and was secured by CSBF and UMass teams.
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fromFast Company
5 months ago

This radical new telescope design could upend the search for interstellar life

A long rectangular space telescope (66 ft × 3.3 ft) can detect dozens of potentially habitable exoplanets faster, cheaper, and with existing launch capabilities.
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