Has Kepler found ideal SETI-target planets?
Phys.org - Mon 22 Apr 13NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a new planetary system that is home to five small planets around a slightly smaller star than our Sun. Two of them are super-Earth planets, most likely made ...
Has Kepler Found Ideal SETI-Target Planets, SpaceDaily - Thu 25 Apr 13'Most Earth-like' worlds detected
BBC News - Fri 19 Apr 13Scientists say Nasa's Kepler space telescope has found distant planets that may be the most Earth-like it has yet discovered.
Kepler discovers smallest habitable-zone Earth-like planet to date
New Atlas - Fri 19 Apr 13NASA has announced that the Kepler space probe has discovered two planetary systems that include the smallest planets yet found that lie in the "habitable zone." The systems include three super-Earth ...
Kepler spots most Earth-like planet yet
ABC Science - Fri 19 Apr 13WATER WORLDS?: Astronomers have detected the most Earth-like planet that has the potential to support water yet found by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope
Kepler spies water worlds
Nature News - Thu 18 Apr 13Pair of exoplanets sit in habitable zone of star far beyond the Solar System.
First neighbouring planets that are both life-friendly
Newscientist - Thu 18 Apr 13The Kepler space telescope has revealed three worlds suited to life – two are in one solar system, so any inhabitants could already have found each other
3 New Exoplanets Might Have Right Temperature for Life
Wired Science - Thu 18 Apr 13Scientists are reporting a bounty of new worlds that may be capable of sustaining life, with the discovery of three exoplanets slightly larger than Earth orbiting within their stars' habitable ...
Most Earthlike planets yet seen bring Kepler closer to its holy grail
ScienceNews - Thu 18 Apr 13Compared with our world, globes are slightly larger and orbit a smaller star
Astrophysicists find five-planet system with most Earth-like exoplanet yet
Phys.org - Thu 18 Apr 13(Phys.org) —A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope.
Astronauts Drink Urine and Other Waste Water | Video
SPACE.com - Mon 29 Apr 13ISS commander Chris Hadfield explains how astronauts stay hydrated and why Space Station must try to recycle everything.
Three Years On The Sun - Time-Lapse Video
Livescience - Fri 26 Apr 13The first images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory were beamed back to Earth in the spring of 2010. Three years of observations are compiled, yielding valuable pattern information for understanding ...
Three Years On The Sun - Time-Lapse Video, SPACE.com - Tue 23 Apr 13Star Trek TNG Bridge Restoration Called For In Kickstarter Campaign | Video
SPACE.com - Fri 26 Apr 13The original Enterprise-D's bridge was blown up in the Star Trek: Generation, but in the late 1990's a duplicate was made by Paramount. Its parts was taken off the scrap heap and there is hope ...
Cargo Ship Overcomes Glitch, Docks to Space Station | Video
SPACE.com - Fri 26 Apr 13The Russian Progress 51 automatically docked to the the ISS's Zvezda Service Module on April 26th, 2013. A navigational antenna did not diploy shortly after launch but mission controllers worked ...
Partial Lunar Eclipse Over Dubai Broadcast Worldwide | Video
SPACE.com - Fri 26 Apr 13Gianluca Mais, host of the Virtual Telescope Project eclipse webcast (virtualtelescope.eu) provided this view of Earth's shadow mingling with the Moon's terrain on April 25th, 2013.
3D Printing: From Doodads To Prosthetic Hands | Video
Livescience - Thu 25 Apr 13MakerBot was in full force at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo where they demonstrated the range of playful and purposeful objects that can be made with 3D printers like MakerBots'.
How To Barf, Puke, Vomit In Space | Video
Livescience - Thu 25 Apr 13How do you upchuck if there is no up or down? ISS commander Chris Hadfield explains what astronauts do if they have to vomit.
How To Barf, Puke, Vomit In Space | Video, SPACE.com - Thu 25 Apr 13Cosmic Backlighting: Distant Quasar Lights Up Galactic Halo | Video
SPACE.com - Thu 25 Apr 13The heat from newborn stars creates a halo of gas around its parent galaxy. When a distant galaxy's black hole-powered light is absorbed by the gas, the Hubble Space Telescope's Cosmic Origins ...
Solar Powered Plane Flies Over San Francisco | Video
SPACE.com - Wed 24 Apr 13A solar powered plane makes a test flight over San Francisco ahead of a planned cross country flight in May.
Space Station Re-Supply Ship Launches But Has Antenna Glitch | Video
SPACE.com - Wed 24 Apr 13The Progress 51 cargo craft successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 24th, 2013. While on-orbit, an antenna used as a navigational aid did not deploy, ground controllers ...
3D Printed Artificial Ears For Humans Closer To Reality? | Video
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 13US scientists have created an artificial ear using 3D printing technology and living cells. The ear looks and behaves like a real ear and offers hope to children born with ear deformities.
The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like
Popular Science - Tue 23 Apr 13An artist's rendering of Kepler-62f NASA Ames/JPL-CaltechIt's just like living on Earth, only you weigh 90 pounds more! Scientists recently located two exoplanets orbiting in the Kepler-62 ...
3D Scanning: From Physical To Digital | Video
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 13Paper printers have paper scanners, so why shouldn't 3D printers have 3D scanners? Bolton Works, who specialize in digitizing physical objects into files that can be used in 3D printing and ...
Humans Abandoned Home Planet In 'After Earth' | Trailer
SPACE.com - Tue 23 Apr 13Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith star in this sci-fi thriller set a 1000 years after humanity left an unstable Earth. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Jet Fuel From Straw - And Wood Chips! | Video
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 13The French government's ProBio3 co-project with industry seeks to make a new straw-based fuel that mixes 50/50 with kerosene. Other bio-mass sources can yield quality hydro processed oils for ...
Open Ocean Fish Farms Solve Pollution and Poison Problems | Video
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 13Traditional fish farms pack in too many animals, resulting in disease and toxicity. One Hawaiian company has innovated floating 22-foot spherical cages that circulate in the open ocean with ...
Original Star Trek Galileo Spacecraft - Where Is It Today? | Video
SPACE.com - Tue 23 Apr 13The TV prop builder, Gene Winfield, 'beams' back to the time of construction to recount the backstory of the ship. It is currently being restored, more info about the project can be found at ...
How Trash Plastic Can Clean Polluted Lakes | Video
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 13Plastic bottles waste energy and don't breakdown in landfills. But they can provide a matrix for papyrus plants, which in turn filter water of endangered African lakes, keeping them clean and ...
SpaceX Grasshopper Jumps Again - And The View Is Terrific! | Video
SPACE.com - Tue 23 Apr 13SpaceX's reusable Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) test vehicle made its highest jump yet, flying 820 feet in April 2013 and landed safely under near-perfect control.
Humans Show Empathy For Robots | Video
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 13When humans watched video of a robot dinosaur being abused, it elicited the same emotions as seeing a video of humans being abused.
How To Die On Mars - The Mars One Project Explained | Video
SPACE.com - Mon 22 Apr 13Not-for-profit company Mars One is now accepting applications for the opportunity to be the first humans to set foot on Mars in 2023. One catch - its' a one way ticket to colonize the desolate, ...
Turtle Steered With Remote Control
Livescience - Mon 22 Apr 13Researchers in South Korea showed how a live turtle could be steered much like a remote-controlled toy car. The large attachment on the turtle's back could be swung around to block its view, ...
How 'Habitable' Are Kepler's New Worlds?
Discovery News - Mon 22 Apr 13Last week's announcement of two "super-Earth" type planets sharing the habitable zone around Kepler-62 ratcheted up our optimism that life-bearing planets are all over the galaxy. Continue reading ...
Forever alone? How NASA's Kepler craft is finding another Earth
The Verge - Mon 22 Apr 13Late last week, NASA announced that scientists using its Kepler space observatory had discovered two new planetary systems thousands of light years away from our own. Within ...
Is there anyone there? Alien hunters target two 'super Earths' unveiled by Nasa
Daily Mail - Mon 22 Apr 13Astronomers will turn an array of radio telescope dishes towards Kepler-62, a star smaller and dimmer than the Sun about 1,000 light years away in the constellation Lyra.
Antares Rocket Test Flight Launches From Wallops | Video
SPACE.com - Sun 21 Apr 13The Orbital Sciences rocket launched from NASA Wallops on April 21, 2013.
Kepler-62 is a Ripe SETI Target
Discovery News - Fri 19 Apr 13The recent Kepler-62 discovery is like "exoplanetary gold" for SETI scientists who are on the hunt for extraterrestrial intelligences. ->
It's Time for Next Phase in Search for Alien Life, Scientists Say
Livescience - Fri 19 Apr 13It's time to get the ball rolling toward studying exoplanet atmospheres.
It's Time for Next Phase in Search for Alien Life, Scientists Say, SPACE.com - Fri 19 Apr 13Kepler spots a pair of the most exciting alien planets yet
Dvice - Fri 19 Apr 13NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new potentially habitable planets in a solar system a lot like ours.
Perfect planets for life? Telescope sees distant worlds not too hot, not too cold, not too big
FOXNews - Fri 19 Apr 13NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. They are just the right size and in just the right place near their ...
2 planets discovered with right size, location for life, USA today - Thu 18 Apr 13Most promising Earth-like planets found by Kepler
ZME Science - Fri 19 Apr 13The ever resourceful Kepler mission has recently unveiled several new possible Earth-like planet candidates, two of whom are favored by scientists with the best odds yet of supporting alien ...
NASA's Kepler discovers three potentially habitable planets
Engadget - Fri 19 Apr 13NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered three "super-Earth-size" exoplanets that are close enough to their stars to make them possibly suitable for water. Two of the planets (Kepler-62e and ...
What Might Alien Life Look Like on New 'Water World' Planets?
SPACE.com - Thu 18 Apr 13If Kepler-62e and f are covered by global oceans, they may host a variety of aquatic lifeforms.
NASA Finds 3 New Planets In Habitable Zone
Ubergizmo - Thu 18 Apr 13While NASA might be working hard to launching its new planet hunting mission in 2017, that doesn’t mean its not using the resources it currently has to discovery new and exciting things ...
Space telescope spots distant planets well placed for life
Reuters - Thu 18 Apr 13CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - - Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope have found the best candidates yet for habitable worlds beyond the solar system, including a pair of potentially ...
Space Telescope Spots Distant Planets Well Placed for Life, Voice of America - Fri 19 Apr 133 Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Explained (Infographic)
SPACE.com - Thu 18 Apr 13Scientists have discovered three super-Earths circling two different stars more than 1,000 light-years away.
NASA Just Found the Two Most Perfect Planets for Life Yet
Gizmodo - Thu 18 Apr 13Ever feel like you're all alone in this big, ol' universe? Well, cheer up, because NASA has just discovered two prime planet candidates that fulfill practically every necessary condition ...
NASA discovers three Earth-sized planets right in the habitable zone
Extremetech - Thu 18 Apr 13NASA announced today that the Kepler telescope has detected three new Earth-like planets within the habitable zone of their parent stars. These are the smallest and most Earth-like objects Kepler ...
NASA's Kepler discovers three super-Earth-size planets in "habitable zone"
TG Daily - Thu 18 Apr 13NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where ...
Kepler Search Finds Two New Cozy, Possibly Watery Planets Around Faraway Star
Popular Science - Thu 18 Apr 13Kepler-62f Kepler-62f, which is 1.41 times the size of Earth, is in just the right spot for liquid water to exist--if it is rocky and has an atmosphere. NASAScientists can't know for sure if ...
Most Earthlike Planets Found Yet: A "Breakthrough"
National Geographic - Thu 18 Apr 13Two Earth-size exoplanets are at the right distance from their sun to support life—a "breakthrough," NASA scientists say.
NASA's Kepler mission finds the most Earth-like planets yet
The Verge - Thu 18 Apr 13Scientists have found what they believe are the two most Earth-like exoplanets yet, shedding new light on the possibility of life outside our solar system. In a press conference, ...
Most Earth-Like Exoplanet, 2 Other Possibly Habitable Worlds Found (Gallery)
SPACE.com - Thu 18 Apr 13NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered three new possibly habitable super-Earth planets.
NASA'S Kepler Discovers its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date
Science @ NASA - Thu 18 Apr 13NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature ...
Three super-Earth-size planets foud in 'habitable zone', ScienceDaily - Thu 18 Apr 13NASA's Kepler spacecraft to reveal new planetary discoveries?
CNET Cutting Edge - Thu 18 Apr 13The space agency ...
FIVE new planetary twins revealed as astronomers hail 'most similar objects to Earth' ever discovered
Daily Mail - Thu 18 Apr 13Nasa says two of the planets spotted by its Kepler telescope (pictured) are rocky like Earth or made mostly of ice - and all five are within the 'habitable' zone of a Sun-like star.
Earth-Like, Potentially Habitable Worlds Discovered
Livescience - Thu 18 Apr 13Possible water worlds could support life.
Kepler-62: A Star System With Two Earths?
Discovery News - Thu 18 Apr 13Around 1,200 light-years from Earth, two potentially habitable Earth-sized worlds orbit a sun-like star.
Kepler spots two super Earths, one squarely in the habitable zone
Ars Technica - Thu 18 Apr 13Planets are about 1.5 times Earth's radius—and the right distance from a host star.
Two Earth-like 'blue-planets' discovered orbiting distant star
Telegraph.co.uk Science - Thu 18 Apr 13Two Earth-like planets thought to be covered in water have been discovered orbiting a distant star and may even have the right conditions to support life.
Two Alien Oceanic Earth-Like Planets Found? | Video
SPACE.com - Thu 18 Apr 13A planetary system 1200 light years from Earth may contain two worlds entirely covered by global oceans. Kepler 62e and 62f are in the habitable zone of a roughly Sun-like star. Each planet ...
Discovered! Most Earth-Like Alien Planet & 2 Other Possibly Habitable Worlds
SPACE.com - Thu 18 Apr 13All three may be capable of supporting life as we know it, scientists say.
NASA's Kepler spacecraft to reveal it discovered aliens?
CNET - Thu 18 Apr 13The space agency is announcing new sightings found by the Kepler spacecraft mission. [Read more]
NASA to Reveal New Alien Planet Findings Thursday: How to Watch Live
SPACE.com - Wed 17 Apr 13NASA will announce new results from the Kepler space telescope in a news conference Thursday (April 18).
NASA Hosts Media Briefing to Discuss Kepler Planetary Discovery
Science @ NASA - Mon 15 Apr 13NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, April 18, to announce new discoveries from the agency's Kepler mission.
Distant Planets Seem Ideal for Life
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Space telescope discovers the most Earthlike exoplanet yet found
UPI - Thu 18 Apr 13SEATTLE, April 18 (UPI) -- A University of Washington astronomer says he's discovered perhaps the most Earthlike planet yet found by the Kepler Space Telescope outside the solar system. ...
NASA has found 7 nice, habitable planets for us to choose from
CNET Crave - Thu 18 Apr 13Left to right: Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f and Earth (except for Earth, these are artists' renditions). (Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech) NASA, that wily band of intergalactic ...
Kepler Discovers Its Smallest Habitable Zone Planets
SpaceDaily - Sun 21 Apr 13Pasadena, CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2013 NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from ...
NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life
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Astrophysicist discovers 5-planet system like Earth
Labspaces.net - Fri 19 Apr 13Researchers for the first time have identified Earth-sized planets within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Images of the star taken by Notre Dame astrophysicist Justin ...
New Techniques Allow Discovery Of Smallest Super-Earth Exoplanets
SpaceDaily - Fri 19 Apr 13Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 19, 2013 A University of Washington astronomer, funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, has discovered perhaps ...
New techniques allow discovery of smallest super-Earth exoplanets, ScienceDaily - Thu 18 Apr 13Notre Dame astrophysicist discovers 5-planet system like Earth
SpaceDaily - Fri 19 Apr 13Notre Dame IN (SPX) Apr 19, 2013 Researchers for the first time have identified Earth-sized planets within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Images of the star taken by Notre Dame astrophysicist ...
Kepler finds three new Earth-like planets
Science Blog - Thu 18 Apr 13A team of scientists, including Carnegie's Alan Boss, has discovered two Earth-like planets in the habitable orbit of a Sun-like star. Their work is published in Science Express. Using observations... ...
Super Earth Found In Habitable Zone Within Lyra Constellation
RedOrbit - Thu 18 Apr 13Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Astronomers have discovered what could be considered the most Earth-like planet ever found outside our Solar System. The team used the ...
Kepler Finds Two Water Worlds 1200 Lights Years Away
SpaceDaily - Thu 18 Apr 13Cambridge, MA (SPX) Apr 17, 2013 In our solar system, only one planet is blessed with an ocean: Earth. Our home world is a rare, blue jewel compared to the deserts of Mercury, Venus and Mars. ...
Five-Planet System With Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Yet Found
SpaceDaily - Thu 18 Apr 13Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2013 A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope. Eric ...
New Earth-like planets found orbiting a Sun-like star
ScienceDaily - Thu 18 Apr 13A team of scientists has discovered two Earth-like planets in the habitable orbit of a Sun-like star. Using observations gathered by NASA's Kepler Mission, the team found five planets orbiting ...
New Earth-like planets found, Eurekalert - Thu 18 Apr 13Astronomers Discover Five-Planet System with Most Earthlike Exoplanet Yet
Newswise - Thu 18 Apr 13A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earthlike planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope.