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NASA`s Kepler space telescope could soon be shut down permanently

The Kepler space telescope - NASA`s primary instrument for detecting planets beyond our solar system...

NASA’s Kepler space telescope suffers malfunction

NASA announced on Wednesday that Kepler spacecraft has been shut down due to the failure of one of t...

Einstein`s theory helps discover new exoplanet

A team at Tel Aviv University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has just dis...

Two new exoplanets identified

These planets, named KOI-200b and KOI-889b, are among the first detected with the new high-accuracy ...

Earth`s interstellar neighbors being used to study far-off worlds

A new technique employed by a University of Washington astronomer uses Earth`s interstellar neighbor...

Two new Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like star found

Scientists have discovered two Earth-like planets in the habitable orbit of a Sun-like star.

`Post-mortem` gives insight into Kepler`s supernova

An analysis of X-ray observations from the Japan-led Suzaku satellite has concluded that an explodin...

Einstein`s theory witnessed at play in far-flung star system

NASA`s Kepler space telescope has witnessed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its comp...

Astronomers discover new mini planet beyond Earth`s solar system

Astronomers from NASA`s Kepler project have discovered a mini planet which is the smallest known wor...

NASA discovers 461 new planet candidates

NASA`s Kepler mission has announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates, four of which are le...

Our galaxy contains 100 billion planets

Our galaxy contains at least 100 billion planets - approximately one for every star - and many of th...

Wessels blames ‘ageing’ Ponting’s ‘fading reflexes’ for repeated failures

Former South Africa batsman Kepler Wessels believes veteran Ricky Ponting’s incessant failure agains...

NASA marks 2 milestones in search for Earth-like planets

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has successful completed its 3 1/2- year prime mission and begins an e...

NASA discovers multiple planets orbiting twin suns

NASA`s Kepler mission has found the first multi-planet solar system orbiting two suns.

Evaporating exoplanet ejects dust clouds

Data from NASA’s Kepler satellite has provided clear evidence that a faraway exoplanet is falling ap...

Earth-like rocky worlds could form earlier than expected

Building a terrestrial planet requires raw materials that weren’t available in the early history of ...

Scientists develop ultra-thin solar cells

Austrian and Japanese researchers today unveiled solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk th...

Players who played for two different countries

There are only 14 players in the history of international cricket who have represented two different...

Players who played for two different countries

There are only 14 players in the history of international cricket who have represented two different...

3 smallest planets outside solar system found

A team of astronomers has discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our ...

Alien Earths may have two Suns

Astronomers should start hunting for planets like the Tatooine in the science fiction series "S...

Sun`s future `revealed`

Sun`s outer layer will expand and cool down, so it`ll look red, and the core will contract and becom...

NASA confirms `super-Earth` that could hold life

In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA has said the Kepler space...

18 new Jupiter-like planets discovered

Using twin telescopes at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, astronomers have discovered 18 new Jupiter-...

Two new potential alein planets discovered

So called ‘citizen citizens’ have discovered two new potential planets that were previously shunned ...

Double-sun planet discovered

A planet orbiting two suns - the first confirmed alien world of its kind - has been found by Nasa`s ...

NASA’s Kepler discovers ‘invisible’ world

Astronomers believe that they have found an invisible world after detecting a planet.

India coach Fletcher faces dilemma, says Wessels

India coach Duncan Fletcher faces a dilemma after a lack of discipline helped account for India`s 4-...

Smith`s hunger could be back after marriage: Kepler Wessels

Kepler Wessels feels current Test skipper Graeme Smith`s interest in the game could be back after hi...

NASA spots 54 potentially life-friendly planets

The Kepler telescope has discovered 1,235 possible planets outside our solar system.

Ponting should focus on batting

Ricky Ponting should give up the Australian captaincy and concentrate on his batting, says former SA...

Gibbs` career is over: Wessels

Disclosures in Gibbs` no-holds-barred autobiography have brought the curtains down on the out-of-fav...

Two huge planets discovered orbiting distant star

Kepler 9b and Kepler 9c are transiting the star at respective speeds of 19.2 and 38.9 days.

Five exoplanets identified by Kepler space telescope: NASA

Five new exoplanets -- earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars -- have been dis...

Nasa`s Kepler space telescope detects five worlds

Nasa`s Kepler Space Telescope has detected its first five exoplanets (planets beyond our Solar Syste...

Electronic glitch to halt NASA’s planet hunting mission

NASA’s Kepler mission, which would search for planets around other stars, is unlikely to detect any ...

NASA`s Kepler telescope detects atmosphere of a known planet

NASA`s new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas...

Kepler scope sends stunning images of distant planet

Five months after it was launched on a mission to find earth-like planets, the Kepler space telescop...

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