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Astronomers discover Earth-like exoplanet in the nearest star system
2016-08-24 21:44:41| Extremetech
Proxima b is the closest exoplanet ever discovered, and it may even have the potential to harbor life.
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First direct images of a gas giant exoplanet in a triple-star system
2016-07-12 19:00:01| Extremetech
Three hundred and forty light years from Earth, there burns a triple star system lighting a planet unlike any other world we've ever seen. What might you see, if you could go there and look up at its sky?
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The closest known exoplanet doesnt actually exist
2015-11-09 14:38:39| Extremetech
Astronomers confirm earlier observations of Alpha Centauri Bb were just signal noise.
NASA has discovered the closest super-Earth exoplanet yet
2015-07-31 21:00:43| Extremetech
It's still too far away to visit, but HD 219134b is in a prime location for further study.
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Straton Assists with Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Project
2015-07-10 12:31:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Straton recently worked with M.I.T. to produced precision components for the TESS project. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will discover thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the brightest stars in the sky. In a two-year survey of the solar neighborhood, TESS will monitor more than 500,000 stars...
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