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7 Planet System Found 40 Light Years Away in Aquarius

In what is being hailed as one of the most remarkable discoveries in the search for habitable planets outside of our own solar system, a star has been found that has seven Earth-sized planets orbiting …

South Pole Telescope a Harsh Environment for Astronomers

James Miller

The South Pole can be a rather brutal environment for scientists to carry out their research as the Sun doesn’t come out at all in the southern winter (March–September), causing temperatures to drop to an …

Giant Fireball Explodes Over American Midwest

James Miller

In the early hours of Monday morning, a huge fireball was seen streaking across the sky of the American Midwest before exploding with a sonic boom that shook residential homes in the Green Bay area …

GMT to be World’s Biggest Optical Telescope

James Miller

The Gran Telescopio Canarias in Spain is currently the world’s largest optical telescope with the aperture of its main mirror 10.4 metres across. Despite roughly 8 meters being the maximum size for an accurate single …

CIA Declassified Files Include UFO Sightings

James Miller

The CIA has finally caved in to demands made by freedom of information campaigners, including a lawsuit brought against it by MuckRock, and released around 930,000 declassified files. These include those related to UFO sightings …

Human Broadcasts Have Reached around 8,500 Stars

No Alien Contact Before 3517 Says Cornell Study

James Miller

Anyone hoping that an alien civilization will make contact with Earth may have to wait a lifetime, or more precisely several lifetimes, according to astronomers at Cornell University. In fact, it could be around 1,500 …

Space Wars a Potential Conflict Area of the 21st Century

James Miller

When we think of wars in space, we may imagine science fiction scenarios such as Luke Skywalker destroying the Death Star, but the U.S. military is taking the threat of a war in space as …

A Look at Japan’s Space Industry

James Miller

We’re currently in the middle of another space race, this time between China and the United States, with both countries investing heavily in developing technologies to help them accomplish the major feat of putting humans …

Space Debris A Danger To Future Missions

James Miller

Of all the landfills to blight the planet, perhaps the biggest garbage collection on all is the one actually orbiting the Earth. In fact, the situation has begun to get so far out of control …

IAU Officially Approves 227 Star Names

James Miller

In May 2016, the IAU Executive Committee approved the setting up of a body called the Working Group on Star Names (WSGN), with the group given the job of formalizing the colloquial names of stars …