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This artist’s impression shows exoplanet HD 189733b, as it passes in front of its parent star, called HD 189733A. Hubble’s instruments observed the system in 2010, and in 2011 following a large flare from the star (depicted in the image). Following the flare, Hubble observed the planet’s atmosphere evaporating at a rate of over 1000 tonnes per second.In this picture, the surface of the star, which is around 80% the mass of the Sun, is based on observations of the Sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

New planets in alien signal search

THE SETI project — the search for intelligent life — has pointed its ears towards a new planet discovered by the Kepler space telescope.

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Asteralia Day: Huge Asteroid passing Earth

Asteralia Day: Huge Asteroid passing Earth

DID you catch a glimpse of the of the giant asteroid passing Earth this morning? If not, there is still an opportunity.

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New Zealand. Saucer object photographed while hovering.

Secret UFO reports revealed

MORE than 10,000 declassified UFO reports have been posted online, and alien enthusiasts are excited. Here are five intriguing cases.

MUST CREDIT: Other (see notes)... MUST CREDIT Wayne England/ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2013 WEB AND PRINT RIGHTS Receiving the Galactic Beam Wayne England (Australia) Here, the photographer has managed to catch the moment when the Milky Way appears to line up with the giant 64m dish of the radio telescope at Parkes Observatory in Australia. As can be seen from the artificial lights around the telescope, light pollution is not a problem for radio astronomers. Radio and microwave interference is a big issue however, as it masks the faint natural emissions from distant objects in space. For this reason many radio observatories ban mobile phone use on their premises. Picture: Notes) Other (see

Scientists capture strange signals

GET excited. Australian scientists have made a world first discovery that could change everything we know about space.

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Secret worlds ‘lurking in space’

AT LEAST two undiscovered planets as big as Earth or larger may be hiding in the outer fringes of the Solar System.

Earth and asteroid colliding (Elements of this image furnished by NASA- earthmap for render from http://visibleearth.nasa.gov)

Australia Day’s apocalyptic near miss

WHILE you’re barbecuing this Australia Day, an asteroid half-a-kilometre in diameter will narrowly avoid colliding with Earth.

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The moment SpaceX rocket blew apart

EXHILARATING footage shows the moment a space rocket owned by US billionaire Elon Musk smashed to pieces as it crash landed on a barge at sea.

(FILES)This March 7, 2011 NASA file image shows a close-up view of the International Space Station photographed by an STS-133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery. The six astronauts at the International Space Station are safe and are taking shelter in the Russian segment after an alarm went off on the US side of the orbiting outpost, NASA said January 14, 2015. The US space agency said it could not confirm that an ammonia leak was the cause, as the Russian space agency reported earlier.

Which singer is heading to the ISS?

A FAMOUS singer is set to begin training for a 10-day visit to the International Space Station. Will she become the first star to sing among the stars?

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An undated computer generated image made available in London, Sunday June 1 2003 by the the European Space Agency, of the Mars Express in orbit around Mars. The British-built Beagle 2 probe was, Monday June 2, 2003, scheduled to be shot into space in, an attempt to prove whether there is life on Mars.(AP Photo/European Space Agency-pa)

The Beagle has landed … finally

IT turns out the Beagle-2 landed on Mars after all — but it just never called home. The spacecraft that disappeared 12 years ago has finally been found.

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TV hosts think Moon is a planet

TV hosts think Moon is a planet

WOULD you buy something from people who don’t know what the Moon is? To the hosts of American shopping channel QVC: the clue’s in the name, guys.

The bright sun greets the International Space Station in this Nov. 22 scene from the Russian section of the orbital outpost, photographed by one of the STS-129 crew members. Image credit: NASA..

Astronauts out after toxic leak

A PART of the International Space Station has been evacuated following reports of a toxic substance leak.

Undated graphic of the Mars Express in orbit around Mars. The craft will carry the British-built Beagle 2 probe which was shot into space 02/06/03 in an attempt to prove whether there is or was life on Mars. (AP) PicEuropea/Space/Agency space planets exploration illustrations

Have scientists solved the Beagle 2 mystery?

A GROUP of scientists may have solved a decade old mystery surrounding a missing spacecraft on Mars.

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‘Footprints’ of life found on Mars?

‘Footprints’ of life found on Mars?

A FEW squiggles, cracks and lumps found by the Curiosity Rover on a large Mars rock has scientists on the edge of their seats: Are these the fossilised ‘footprints’ of life?

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Night turns to day as meteorite explodes over Bucharest

Meteorite turns night into day

SECURITY cameras have captured the dramatic moment a meteorite disintegrated, lighting up the night sky with an explosive flash.

This artist's concept provided by NASA April 18, 2013, depicts NASA's Kepler misssion's smallest habitable zone planet. Seen in the foreground is Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Kepler-62f orbits it's host star every 267 days and is roughly 40 percent larger than Earth in size. The size of Kepler-62f is known, but its mass and composition are not. However, based on previous exoplanet discoveries of similar size that are rocky, scientists are able to determine its mass by association. Much like our solar system, Kepler-62 is home to two habitable zone worlds. The small shining object seen to the right of Kepler-62f is Kepler-62e. Orbiting on the inner edge of the habitable zone, Kepler-62e is roughly 60 percent larger than Earth. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA Ames / JPL-Caltech / T. Pyle == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

Earth’s ‘twin’ may be home for alien life

THE odds of us being alone just got a lot shorter: One of three new planets found in life-supporting orbits around distant stars may be the closest ‘Earth 2.0’ yet.

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Hubble captures stunning pics

ONE of the most iconic space images ever has been updated, as the Hubble Space Telescope revisits the ‘Pillars of Creation’.

This undated photo obtained January 5, 2015 courtesy of SpaceX shows SpaceX's

SpaceX calls off audacious launch

SPACEX has aborted its Falcon 9 rocket launch at the last minute, postponing a landmark bid to try the first-ever platform landing of the rocket’s first stage.

‘Death Stars’ headed our way

‘Death Stars’ headed our way

A FLEET of ‘Death Stars’ is hurtling towards our Solar System. And this time destruction really could be rained down on our planet… but there’s time to prepare.

This undated SpaceX photo obtained January 5, 2015 from NASA shows the Dragon spacecraft and its Falcon 9 rocket, both made by SpaceX, as they are rolled to the launch pad ahead of the static firing test for the rocket. SpaceX plans to launch the Dragon cargo vessel to the International Space Station, and attempt a precision ocean landing of the Falcon 9 rocket, early January 6, 2015 during a supply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The California-based private spaceflight company will try to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean, shortly after the booster launches SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo capsule from Cape Canaveral Air Force. AFP PHOTO/NASA/SPACEX/HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

Rocket’s very bold mission… to Earth

THIS rocket is about to try something that no other rocket has attempted before. It’s not the launch that people will be watching. It’s the landing.

A massive dark hole is swallowing the sun

A massive dark hole is swallowing the sun

TALK about huge! A dark hole hundreds of times bigger than the Earth has been spotted on the surface of the sun. It stretches up to 400,000 kilometres at its widest point.

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Spotted something in the sky?

IS IT a bird? Is it a plane? Readers are reporting a bright streak across the sky as comet Lovejoy reaches maximum brightness.

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CIA reveals the truth behind UFOs

THE truth is out there. America’s Central Intelligence Agency has finally come clean about UFOs. Cue creepy music.

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Scientists make time run backwards

SCIENTISTS have created their own universe where time can run backwards, supernovas explode and galaxies grow and evolve.

29/06/2003 WIRE: Artwork of The Mars rover, named Opportunity, (AP) PicNASA/HO illustrations space surface exploration Pic. Ap

NASA to hack Mars rover with ‘amnesia’

NASA says the Mars rover Opportunity, which has been exploring the Red Planet for 10 years, is suffering from memory loss.

The sun as you’ve never seen it before

The sun as you’ve never seen it before

THIS incredible new x-ray portrait of the sun is the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken by NASA’s space telescope NuSTAR.

white flash on a blue backgrounds. Many small stars around white planet.

Lonely dwarf galaxy discovered far away

ASTRONOMERS have discovered an isolated dwarf galaxy about seven million light-years away from us, using data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

On-orbit footage captured by Atlantis space shuttle from Cargo Bay Camera during the fifth and final space walk of the STS-125 mission, as astronauts John Grunsfeld (on the shuttle arm) passes a new cover called a NOBL to Andrew Feustel (L) during the final historic mission is featured in the newest IMAX 3D 2010 documentary film 'Hubble 3D', narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, with engagements of Hubble 3D to begin 19/03/2010. Warner Bros Pictures production, in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

This is out of this world

WHEN an astronaut was in need of a specific tool, NASA came up with a genius solution. It e-mailed a ratchet to space. Wait, what?!

22/04/2009 WIRE: This handout illustration released on April 21, 2009 by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows the planet Gliese 581e (blue), the lightest exoplanet discovered so far, as announced by the ESO's La Silla Observatory, north of La Serena, 460 km north of Santiago. AFP PHOTO/ESO (illustration)

Life could be possible on a sideways planet

NEW research shows that planets covered in water could support life under conditions previously thought impossible.

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How does it look to fly in from space?

A NEW video released by NASA provides an ‘astronaut’s-eye-view’ of re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere, aboard the Orion spacecraft.

HCG 59: Two interacting giants have released a giant stellar stream in this Compact Group, which also hosts a bursting irregular galaxy. Image Credit: Dane Kleiner/Australian Astronomical Observatory.

Space as you’ve never seen it before

IT’S ENOUGH to send space nuts into outer space in excitement. But new images of compact galaxy groups have been snapped, revealing space as we’ve never seen it before.

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