Category Archives: Solar System

NASA Advised to Skip Moon Mission

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel is telling the White House.NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel’s chairman said . … Continue reading →

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New Ring of Saturn Discovered

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

NASA has discovered a new ring of  Saturn. The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered  it around the planet — by far the largest of the giant planet’s many rings.The new ring is far from the planet with an orbit tilted … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Dying Star

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

A computer program that simulates the final hours of a star’s life has been developed by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and Stony Brook University in New York…… read on

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First Habitable Earthlike Planet Found

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The first known planet beyond the solar system that could harbor life as we know it has been discovered, scientists report. The planet is estimated to be only 50 percent larger than Earth, making it the smallest planet  found outside … Continue reading →

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