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Astronomers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have discovered an exoplanet planet using Albert Einstein's age old Theory of Relativity. Must Read Sponsorship Link The exoplanet which is officially called Kepler-76b falls in the category of 'hot ...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- Astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to Earth Monday night after a five-month mission at the International Space Station that saw him become the first Canadian to command the orbiting laboratory. The 53-year-old touched down in ...

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center could be able to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon. For the first time, these scientists are able to automatically interpret previously unknown ...

Artist illustration of Kepler-76b, dubbed 'Einstein's planet'. Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA) (Sen) - Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity. The planet, Kepler-76b, is one ...

This month, the Vermillion bird of the South — which is currently flying 550 km above Earth — meets an astronomical swan some 6,000 light-years away. In Eastern mythology, the Vermillion bird of the South represents fire — it is a spirit ...

PASADENA, Calif., May 9 (UPI) -- While ground-based telescopes have begun taking infrared pictures of the planets around distant stars, astronomers say such images will yield even more information if that infrared light can be broken apart into a ...

By John Matson Tiny, faint Leo P may point to additional galaxies hidden in our corner of the cosmos. In recent years astronomers have extended their view almost to the very edge of the observable universe. With the venerable Hubble Space ...

Washington: When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it collapses under its own gravity and produces a black hole, a new study has revealed. According to a new analysis by an astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), just ...