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Planet Neptune’s 14th Moon Discovered

July 16, 2013 Peter Christoforou 0

Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have discovered a 14th moon orbiting the planet Neptune, which was too small to be spotted by Voyager 2 when it completed its flyby in 1989. The new moon, […]

Over 10,000 Near-Earth Objects Discovered

July 8, 2013 Peter Christoforou 0

The number of asteroids and comets which pass close to our planet has now passed the 10,000 mark, after the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope on the Hawaiian Island of Maui added asteroid 2013 MZ5 to the list […]