Topic: Planetary Science

NASA's Kepler space telescope finds five new exoplanets

<div><p>NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered five new planets beyond the solar system, the US space agency said Monday, just 10 months after Kepler launched into space to find Earth-like planets.</p><p>The discovery of the five exoplanets ...
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Planet Hunter

Planet Hunter
This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA Thursday, April 16, 2009, shows an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy where it hopes to find Earth-like planets. Launched in March, Kepler will spend 3 1/2 years studying these stars in search of ...
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Stuck Mars rover struggles with faulty wheel

<div id="subtitle">Faulty wheel complicates mission to free Mars rover from sand trap it's been stuck in 8 months</div><div><p>A faulty wheel on the Mars rover Spirit is complicating efforts to free it from a sand trap ...
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NASA to try to free stuck Mars rover Spirit

<div id="subtitle">Stuck Mars rover Spirit to get roadside assistance from NASA in risky maneuver</div><div><p>For NASA's stuck Mars rover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency on Thursday ...
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