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    Default Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    I like updating these reports of Exo planets to see where NASA is currently
    in the planet hunting game. Its been 20 years since the first acknowledged
    planet was found outside our solar system.

    Previous thread....
    Kepler telescope discovers 100 Earth-sized planets 9 of which are in the 'Goldilocks' zone...
    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...74#post1068074

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    NASA telescope discovers 100+ new planets



    Published on 21 Jul 2016

    Scientists may be one step closer to discovering extraterrestrial life. NASA’s Kepler
    telescope recently discovered 104 exoplanets, meaning planets outside our solar
    system, more than 100 light years away from Earth. RT America’s Brigida Santos
    reports that scientist believe two of the planets are close enough to the star they orbit
    to be hospitable for life.


    Kepler Spacecraft telescope discovers crop of 104 new planets, 4 look promising


    Published time: 19 Jul, 2016 03:46


    https://www.rt.com/usa/352008-kepler...-crop-planets/


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    Earth-like planets among 100+ identified by UH, astronomers and NASA



    Published on 18 Jul 2016

    The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) and the Maunakea
    observatories play a critical role in major astronomical discoveries. In July 2016, NASA
    and an international team of astronomers announced that they identified 100 new
    planets, including five bearing similarities to Earth.

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    Published on 18 Jul 2016


    NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has been hard at work scanning the universe for
    planetary bodies and has now confirmed a whopping 104 of them outside our solar
    system as part of its K2 mission. NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has been hard at
    work scanning the universe for planetary bodies and has now confirmed a whopping
    104 of them outside our solar system as part of its K2 mission. Four of the orbs are
    believed to be rocky and two rest within their star’s habitable zone. According to
    NASA, "The planets, all between 20 and 50 percent larger than Earth by diameter,
    are orbiting the M dwarf star K2-72, found 181 light years away...The host star is
    less than half the size of the sun and less bright. The planets’ orbital periods range
    from five and a half to 24 days, and two of them may experience irradiation levels
    from their star comparable to those on Earth. Despite their tight orbits...the
    possibility that life could arise on a planet around such a star cannot be ruled out."
    Validation of exoplanets is a multi-stage process. Researchers study the Kepler’s K2
    Mission data and nominate celestial bodies for review. A team then assesses the
    candidates by studying high-resolution images and readings captured by the
    telescope.

    NASA’s Kepler Spots Over 100 New Exoplanets, Some In Habitable Zone

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    Kepler Begins K2 Mission Field 1 Observing



    http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/index.cf...ews&NewsID=341


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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016




    Nasa's Kepler spacecraft discovers a treasure trove of more than 100
    new planets - and FOUR could hold alien life
    Astronomers have reported finding 104 new planets
    Planets are orbiting the M dwarf star K2-72, found 181 light years away
    Possibility of life on new planets around such a star cannot be ruled out
    Four of the planets have been found to be rocky, and could host alien life

    By Shivali Best For Mailonline

    Published: 18:04, 18 July 2016 | Updated: 13:32, 19 July 2016


    An international team of astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of new worlds.



    So far they have reported finding 197 planet candidates, with 104 planets
    confirmed by scientists.

    The planets, which are all between 20 and 50 per cent larger than Earth by
    diameter, are orbiting the M dwarf star K2-72, found 181 light years away.

    A crop of more than 100 planets, discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope,
    includes four in Earths size-range orbiting a single dwarf star. Two of these
    planets are too hot to support life as we know it, but two are in the stars
    'habitable' zone, where liquid water could exist on the surface. These small,
    rocky worlds are far closer to their star than Mercury is to our sun.

    A crop of more than 100 planets, discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope,
    includes four in Earths size-range orbiting a single dwarf star. Two of these planets
    are too hot to support life as we know it, but two are in the stars 'habitable' zone,
    where liquid water could exist on the surface. These small, rocky worlds are far
    closer to their star than Mercury is to our sun.

    The scientists, led by the University of Arizona, say that the possibility of life on
    the new planets around such a star cannot be ruled out.

    Four of the planets discovered have been found to be rocky, and could host alien life.


    They are thought to be between 20 and 50 per cent more massive than Earth, and they orbit a star smaller than our sun.

    Two of the worlds could have radiation levels that are similar to Earth.

    The huge finding of planets was found by combining data with follow-up observations
    by earth-based telescopes including the North Gemini telescope and the WM Keck
    Observatory in Hawaii.

    Both Kepler and its K2 mission discover new planets by measuring the subtle dip in a
    star's brightness caused by a planet passing in front of its star.

    In its initial mission, Kepler surveyed just one patch of sky in the northern hemisphere,
    measuring the frequency of planets whose size and temperature might be similar to Earth
    orbiting stars similar to our sun.

    In the spacecraft's extended mission in 2013, it lost its ability to precisely stare at its
    original target area, but a fix created a second life for the telescope.After the fix, Kepler
    started its K2 mission, which has provided an ecliptic field of view with greater opportunities
    for Earth-based observatories in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Because
    it covers more of the sky, the K2 mission is capable of observing a larger fraction of cooler,
    smaller, red-dwarf type stars.


    An international team of scientists discovered more than 100 planets based on images from
    Kepler operating in the 'K2 Mission'. This image montage showing the Maunakea Observatories,
    Kepler Space Telescope, and night sky with K2 Fields and discovered planetary systems (dots) overlaid

    Such stars are much more common in the Milky Way than sun-like stars, which means that nearby
    stars will predominantly be red dwarfs.

    Professor Ian Crossfield, a researcher at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
    who led the study, said: 'An analogy would be to say that Kepler performed a demographic study,
    while the K2 mission focuses on the bright and nearby stars with different types of planets.

    'The K2 mission allows us to increase the number of small, red stars by a factor of 20, significantly
    increasing the number of astronomical 'movie stars' that make the best systems for further study.'

    To validate the candidate planets, researchers studied high-resolution images of the planet-hosting
    stars as well as high-resolution optical spectroscopy data.This data gives an idea of the physical
    properties of a star, such as mass, radius and temperature, which in turn gives an idea of the
    physical properties of the planets orbiting around it. Dr Steve Howell, project scientist for Kepler
    and K2 at NASA's Ames Research Centre in Moffett Field, California, said: 'This bountiful list of
    validated exoplanets from the K2 mission highlights the fact that the targeted examination of bright
    stars and nearby stars along the ecliptic is providing many interesting new planets.'




    Scientists have found hundreds of exoplanets with dozens thought to have the potential to host
    alien life. The image above shows some of the recent small planets to be found by the Kepler
    Space Telescope that exist in the habitable zone around their star where liquid water may exist

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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    Nasa's Kepler spacecraft discovers a treasure trove of more than 100 new planets



    Published on 20 Jul 2016

    Nasa's Kepler spacecraft discovers a treasure trove of more than 100 new planets
    - and FOUR could hold alien life. An international team of astronomers have
    discovered a treasure trove of new worlds.So far they have reported finding 197
    planet candidates, with 104 planets confirmed by scientists.The planets, which
    are all between 20 and 50 per cent larger than Earth by diameter, are orbiting
    the M dwarf star K2-72, found 181 light years away. The scientists, led by the
    University of Arizona, say that the possibility of life on the new planets around
    such a star cannot be ruled out.

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    Venus' secrets unveiled: Clouds shrouding planet's surface could provide clues to
    what lies beneath.Venus is covered in a dense layer of thick cloud, which has been
    a problem for scientists in the past since it obscures their view of the planet's
    surface.But instead of preventing us from seeing the surface, these clouds might
    actually reveal what is going on beneath them on the hot, dimly-lit surface of the
    planet, according to a new study.
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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    Personally, I find these stories "truffles" for the science community. With some of the best minds on the planet poring over data and making comparative interpretations always preceded with the euphemistic terms of "IF", "MAYBE" or "PERHAPS".

    Yet we know virtually nothing of our Moon and the planets in our own neighbourhood other than similar satellite data.

    There is probably some very real data and information we will never see which would enlighten us all if released and there lies the problem. Profit from ignorance.

    The thread is indeed interesting though this type of speculation has virtually no real value as presented.

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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    Quote The thread is indeed interesting though this type of speculation has virtually no real value as presented.
    I know , I really update them to show where the mainstream disclosure is at, and
    its further on from 20 years ago and the discovery of the first exo planets and
    they have all but said there is life on other planets.

    My stance as is many in the alternate community is on the lines of the
    Secret space programme and all that speculates and the universe is
    teaming with life and we are probably related to some of them and
    they have been here and visiting for eons.
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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    NASA's Kepler telescope just found two planets that could support life

    Wow.
    PETER DOCKRILL 20 JUL 2016

    http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-k...d-support-life

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    Two super-Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star

    July 20, 2016 by Tomasz Nowakowski


    Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-07-super-e...-star.html#jCp


    https://news.google.com.na/news/more...n_na&topic=snc

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    Earth-like Planets

    http://www.solstation.com/planets/earths.htm
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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    Wolf 1061c - the closest potentially habitable exoplanet



    Published on 16 Dec 2015
    Just 14 light years away from Earth, the red dwarf star Wolf 1061 is orbited by
    three planets. Exoplanet Wolf 1061c is more than four times the mass of the Earth,
    but sits within the “Goldilocks zone” - where liquid water might exist. So far, Wolf
    1061c is the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system.

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    NASA Finds Most Earth-Like Planet Yet



    Published on 23 Jul 2015


    Researchers have discovered the most similar planet yet to Earth, 1,400 light-years away. Kepler-452b orbits its star in 385 days, just 20 days longer than our own year. Its star is just 4% larger, a billion and a half years older, and 20% brighter than the sun, meaning 452b is firmly in the “goldilocks” habitable zone that puts the odds of it being rocky, like Earth, between 50-62%.

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    Researchers have discovered the most similar planet yet to Earth, 1,400 light-years away. Kepler-452b orbits its star in 385 days, just 20 days longer than our own year. Its star is just 4% larger, a billion and a half years older, and 20% brighter than the sun, meaning 452b is firmly in the “goldilocks” habitable zone that puts the odds of it being rocky, like Earth, between 50-62%.

    Scientist Jeff Coughlin says “this is the first possibly rocky, habitable planet around a solar-type star.” All 11 previously discovered exoplanets of similar size and orbit circle smaller, cooler stars.

    The planet was found by the Kepler telescope, which searches for possible Earth-twins by observing periodic dips in the brightness of stars as planets pass before them, like the way our moon causes an eclipse here on Earth.

    The Kepler telescope stared at a single patch of the Milky Way for four years before its pointing system failed in 2013, but the mission still succeeded in cataloguing more than 4,600 exoplanet candidates. This means astronomers still have huge amounts of data to sort through and make new findings, like this discovery. With 452b, just over 1,000 of the exoplanet candidates have now been confirmed.

    20 years ago this fall, the first exoplanet orbiting a distant star was discovered.

    And with the successor to Kepler launching in 2017, the pace of discovery is about to increase substantially. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (or TESS), will be able to cover hundreds of times as much sky as the Kepler mission, and will identify prime targets for further examination by the successor to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, set for an October 2018 launch.

    Astronomers can now project with some degree of confidence that of the 600 stars within 30 light-years of Earth, there should be roughly 60 potential earth-twins.

    So, according to Dr. Didier Queloz, the man who co-discovered that first earth-like planet 20 years ago, “If we keep working so well and so enthusiastically, the issue of life on another planet will be solved.”

    Like and share this video to help others on our little rock become aware of this good news. For the video editor Brendan Plank, I’m his brother Bryce, thanks for watching.

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    Earth's TWIN Within Reach



    Published on 3 Jun 2015


    NASA believes they found a planet with life on it - aliens - and it's almost as if it
    were Earth's twin - Gliese 581G.Astronomers are proclaiming they have discovered
    a planet they believe has a 100% chance of having life on it.The Gliese 581 star is
    located about 20 light years away in the constellation Libra. Of the billions of stars
    in the sky, Gliese 581 is only the 89th star away from our own sun in terms of distance.

    In 2005 a string of six of planets were detected orbiting the star, and were named
    Gliese B, C, D, E, F & G. The detection method used was an indirect method,
    meaning the the planets can not be viewed with a telescope. Rather the variable
    light from the star is measured as the planets orbit around it, which gives off
    identifiable signals, measurable with the use of a spectrometer.

    It was calculated that Gliese D & G were in that perfect not-too-hot, not-too-cold
    Goldilocks zone, just the ideal distance away from the star to be able to support
    life, and in fact, some astronomers are 100% certain that they do.“I would say that
    my own personal feeling is that the chance of life on this planet are 100%. I have
    almost no doubt about it.” - Astronomy Professor Steven S. Vogt, University of
    California, co-discoverer of Gliese 581G

    A massive campaign went into beaming a message from Earth to the Gliese
    system, including over 500 messages selected from over half a million entires,
    using the RT-70 radar telescope of Ukraine's National Space Agency.Shortly after,
    the existence of these planets was brought into question when the spectrometer
    method was thought to be flawed, but a new study headed by Dr. Anglada and the
    Queen Mary University of London, has verified that the original findings were
    correct.Could this actually be our closest life supporting neighbor…only 20 light
    years away?...if so…what might life there be like?
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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016



    Neighbouring star Proxima Centauri has Earth-sized planet

    By Jonathan Amos
    BBC Science Correspondent
    24 / 8 /16

    The nearest habitable world beyond our Solar System might be
    right on our doorstep - astronomically speaking.Scientists say
    their investigations of the closest star, Proxima Centauri, show
    it to have an Earth-sized planet orbiting about it.

    What is more, this rocky globe is moving in a zone that would
    make liquid water on its surface a possibility.

    Proxima is 40 trillion km away and would take a spacecraft
    using current technology thousands of years to reach.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37167390

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    REUTERS.....

    Science News | Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:30pm EDT

    Scientists find Earth-like planet circling sun's nearest neighbour

    By Irene Klotz

    Scientists have discovered a planet that appears to be similar to Earth circling the
    star closest to the sun, potentially a major step in the quest to find out if life exists
    elsewhere in the universe, research published on Wednesday showed.


    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sp...-idUSKCN10Z28P

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    NASA Kepler Discoveries Earth 2 Space agency reveals new planet capable of supporting LIFE



    Published on 27 Jul 2016
    Latest news go here: https://www..com/channel/UCDAlckgvEet...

    NASA Kepler Discoveries Earth 2 Space agency reveals new planet capable
    of supporting LIFE.An astonishing scientific discovery that could forever
    change the destiny of the human race has been made - another planet
    capable of sustaining human life

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    Breaking News: Closest Ever Earth-like Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri



    Published on 14 Aug 2016

    Scientists are preparing to unveil a new planet in our galactic neighbourhood which
    is "believed to be Earth-like" and orbits its star at a distance that could favour life,
    German weekly Der Spiegel reported on August 12, 2016.

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    A 'Habitable' Planet Found Around Nearest Star Proxima Centauri



    Published on 18 Aug 2016

    Does the nearest star to our solar system host worlds of its own? 2016 could be the
    year we find out, as the nearby red dwarf star Proxima Centauri gets scrutinized by
    astronomers in unprecedented detail using a variety of search methods.

    One of the most exciting is the Pale Red Dot initiative. Led by the European
    Southern Observatory (ESO) scientists, Pale Red Dot is a public campaign to
    examine Proxima Centauri for exoplanets using the radial velocity method, which
    looks to tease out the signal of an orbiting planet tugging on its host star. 51 Pegasi
    – the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star in 1995 – was discovered
    using this method, and hundreds of discoveries that followed.
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    New planet ‘could be another Earth just on our doorstep’ – astronomer



    Published on 24 Aug 2016

    Astronomers have detected a new planet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri, which
    is four light years away from Earth. The planet is similar to the size of Earth and the
    right distance away from the star it orbits to have liquid water. Lisa Kaltenegger, the
    director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, tells RT America’s Anya
    Parampil that the new planet “could be another Earth just on our doorstep.”

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    A fly-through of the Proxima Centauri system



    Published on 24 Aug 2016

    This video takes the viewer from Earth to the closest star, Proxima Centauri. Here
    we can see the planet Proxima b, which orbits its red dwarf star every 11.2 days.
    This planet orbits within the habitable zone, shown in green, which means that
    liquid water could exist on its surface.

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    Alien World 'Proxima b' Around Nearest Star Could Be Earth-Like | Video



    Published on 24 Aug 2016

    A possibly rocky planet, just 1.3x more massive than Earth, has been detected in
    the "habitable zone" of the nearby red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. Just 4.22 light-
    years away, this system is the closest to our sun. -- Full Story:
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    Proxima Centauri b - Press Conference at ESO HQ - HD



    Published on 24 Aug 2016

    On 24 August 2016 at 13:00 CEST, ESO hosted a press conference
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    Where should we look for alien life?

    By Paul Rincon
    Science editor, BBC News website
    25 August 2016



    In the film Interstellar, astronauts leave Earth in search of other habitable planets

    Astronomers have discovered a small planet around Proxima Centauri, the closest
    star to the Sun. But how do astronomers decide whether a planet is hospitable to life?


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37158561

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    New Solar System objects revealed
    From the section Science & Environment

    Sedna artist impression copyright NASA

    In the last few decades, astronomers have discovered a host of distant objects in the outer Solar System

    Astronomers in the US have uncovered previously unknown objects in the outer reaches of the Solar System.
    They include an icy body with an orbit that takes it so far from the Sun that it is probably influenced by the
    gravity of other stars.The discoveries were found during an effort to locate a possible ninth planet, whose
    presence has been inferred indirectly.The study is set to be published by The Astronomical Journal.
    Co-authors Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo have submitted the details of their discoveries to the Minor Planet
    Center, which catalogues such objects, along with asteroids and comets.

    Their search was carried out using several observatories around the world, including the the four-metre Blanco
    telescope in Chile and the eight-metre Subaru telescope in Hawaii.One of the new objects, known for now as
    2014 FE72, is the first distant Oort Cloud object found with an orbit entirely beyond Neptune. Its orbit takes it
    some 3,000 times further than the Earth is from the Sun.The Oort Cloud is the large shell of objects that occupies
    the outermost region of the Solar System.

    Larger theory

    Dr Sheppard, from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington and Dr Trujillo, from Northern Arizona University,
    have been analysing how the new planet-like bodies fit into larger theories about a ninth planet lurking in the Solar
    System's furthest reaches.The evidence for this planet has largely been deduced by peculiarities of distant Solar System
    objects.One of the new celestial bodies, 2013 FT28, shares characteristics of its orbit in common with the bodies whose
    positions and movements lent support to the planet nine idea - but it also shows some differences. Based on analysis of
    other small bodies in the outer Solar System, astronomers have proposed that - if it exists - the ninth planet is several
    times more massive than Earth and is at least 200 times further than the distance between the Sun and Earth.

    The new work should help constrain the location of this proposed ninth planet. "The smaller objects can lead us to the
    much bigger planet we think exists out there," said Dr Sheppard."The more we discover, the better we will be able to
    understand what is going on in the outer Solar System." Pluto, discovered in 1930, was previously known as the ninth
    planet. But its planetary status was removed in 2006, following the discovery of an object of comparable size in the
    Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies just beyond Neptune.


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    NASA Astrophysicist: Number of Potentially Habitable Planets Is Greater Than The Number of People Alive on Earth

    By David on 31 August 2016 GMT UFO Activity



    ‘Proxima b wasn’t discovered overnight. The closest exoplanet to Earth in the universe – announced Wednesday –
    is validation for the hard work scientists have been doing for years to find another planet as habitable as our own.

    Mission Centaur, which also focuses on the star system Alpha Centauri, is a new project and a non-profit space
    mission hoping to launch their space telescope next year. The documentary “The Search for Earth Proxima” features
    astronomers involved at The SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, European Southern Observatory, VLT,
    ALMA, Triple Ring Technologies, Positron Dynamics, Onda Corporation and La Ventana Cine.’

    Read more: NASA Astrophysicist: Number of Potentially Habitable Planets Is Greater Than The Number of People Alive on Earth

    http://www.alternet.org/documentarie...r-people-alive

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    Life on Mars: Moment Nasa crew emerges from year-long trial

    29 August 2016 Last updated at 09:52 BST



    A Nasa team has emerged from a Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in
    near isolation for a year.The location for the experiment was chosen because its
    terrain is similar to that of the Red Planet.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37211096


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    SpaceX rocket: Explosion at Kennedy Space Center ahead of launch




    There has been an explosion on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida,
    where the aerospace company SpaceX was readying an unmanned rocket for launch.
    The cause of the blast is not clear and it is not known if anyone was hurt.Nasa said
    SpaceX was test-firing a rocket which was due to take a satellite into space this
    weekend.The force of the blast shook buildings several miles away.

    Local emergency officials described the incident as a "catastrophic abort during a static
    test fire".In a tweet, the Brevard County Emergency Management Office said there was
    no threat to the public.SpaceX is seeking to create a new era of reusable rockets and
    affordable private space travel and has used its Falcon-9 rocket to take supplies to the
    International Space Station (ISS).In April, the California-based company successfully
    landed a Falcon-9 on an ocean platform, after four previous attempts failed.

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    Why have I posted this here ? well at the end he gives a prediction that a Earth
    type with water will be discovered in the next five years ....

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    This CIA-Backed D-Wave Quantum Computer Will Change Your View Of Reality Forever

    By David on 3 September 2016 GMT What is Reality?


    ACTIVIST POST....


    This CIA-Backed D-Wave Quantum Computer Will Change Your View of Reality Forever

    TOPICS:Artificial IntelligenceCIAMilitaryPiper McGowin.

    September 2, 2016


    By Piper McGowin

    ‘Meanwhile as everyone was busy arguing over the bread and circus elections, the CIA
    was busy funding a computer so powerful that it is described as “tapping into the
    fundamental fabric of reality” and the man who owns the company says being near one
    is like “standing at the altar of an alien God.”

    What exactly do you suppose they are doing with it?

    You have to take a few minutes and watch this. It will change the way you look at “reality” forever.’



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    Super Earths New Planets Found! 2017



    Published on 20 Jan 2017
    Astronomers working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile
    have discovered seven planets orbiting the star Gliese 667C. Two exoplanets have .

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    NASA full press conference on discovery of 7 Earth-like exoplanets




    Published on 22 Feb 2017
    NASA scientists announced Wednesday that they had discovered seven Earth-sized
    exoplanets 40 light years away, three of which may be able to sustain life.

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    Star's seven Earth-sized worlds set record

    By Paul Rincon
    Science editor, BBC News website

    Seven Earth sized planets...
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=xLxrCRfBdi0



    Artwork: It's the largest number of Earth-sized planets ever found orbiting the same star
    Astronomers have detected a record seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star.

    The researchers say that all seven could potentially support liquid water on the
    surface, depending on the other properties of those planets.However, three of
    these worlds are within the "habitable" zone where life is considered a possibility.
    The compact system of exoplanets orbits Trappist-1, a low-mass, cool star located
    40 light-years away from Earth.The planets were detected using Nasa's Spitzer
    Space Telescope and several ground-based observatories are described in the
    journal Nature.

    Where should we look for alien life?



    read more...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39034050
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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016

    As David Icke has been saying for many years that he saw 2016/7/8 as possible
    pivotal years we have been seeing this politically and even in sport how about
    disclosure ???

    Certainly I cannot remember scientists being this optimistic in these NASA press
    releases on Exo planets....I'm talking mainstream of course not the secret space
    programme we speculated have existed for decades......

    These planets are so far away that its all speculation but does give them a good PR
    to the public and a funding renewal . Though one other significant thing is the stars
    a Dwarf Sun and is very common in the universe so they insinuated there could be
    many more earth like planets and of course some could be much closer....

    ==================================================

    Quote " Finding a second Earth is not a matter of if but when"
    NASA Announces Discovery of 7 New Planets, 3 In ‘Habitable Zone’ | NBC News

    : https://youtube.com/watch?v=RIosTSBlFGQ

    Published on 22 Feb 2017
    NASA announced Wednesday the discovery of seven planets in the TRAPPIST solar
    system, including three planets within the “habitable zone,” meaning they could contain water and be hosts to alien organisms.

    NASA Discovers Four New Exoplanets That Could Possibly Sustain Life | Mach | NBC News
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    Published on 22 Feb 2017
    Astronomers have found a star system just 40 light-years away, containing seven
    Earth-sized planets that may be able to sustain life.




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    7 potentially habitable exoplanets discovered

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhVXpd5XwW0

    Published on 22 Feb 2017
    The planets have been nicknamed "Earth's seven sisters."

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    ==================================

    ESOcast 96: Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSFcQFoHXiU

    Published on 22 Feb 2017

    Astronomers have found a system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40
    light-years away. Using ground and space telescopes, including ESO’s
    Very Large Telescope, the planets were all detected as they passed in
    front of their parent star, the ultracool dwarf star known as TRAPPIST-1.

    Three of the planets lie in the habitable zone and could harbour oceans
    of water on their surfaces, increasing the possibility that the star system
    could play host to life. This system has both the largest number of Earth
    -sized planets yet found and the largest number of worlds that could
    support liquid water on their surfaces. This ESOcasts describes the
    findings and shows a little of what they might mean.

    The artist’s impressions in this video are based on the known physical
    parameters for the planets and stars seen, and uses a vast database
    of objects in the Universe.

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    NASA & TRAPPIST-1: A Treasure Trove of Planets Found

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKFaAS30X8

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    TRAPPIST-1 Planets Tidally Locked to Star, Have Short Orbits | Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSM7UnUzDQM

    Published on 22 Feb 2017
    Most, if not all, of the 7 Earth-sized planets in the ultra cool dwarf star
    system may only face one way towards their sun, similar to Earth’s moon.
    Their orbits range from 1.94 days to about 20

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    Default Re: Kepler telescope discovers crop of 104 new Exoplanets, 4 look promising - 18 July 2016



    Signal may be from first 'exomoon'

    By Paul Rincon
    Science editor, BBC News website


    Artist's impression: Where there are exoplanets, there are probably exomoons

    Astronomers have discovered an object that could be the first known moon
    located beyond the Solar System.If genuine, the "exomoon" is likely to be
    about the size and mass of Neptune, and circles a planet the size of Jupiter
    but with 10 times the mass.The signal was detected by Nasa's Kepler Space
    Telescope; astronomers now plan to carry out follow-up observations with
    Hubble in October.

    A paper about the candidate object is published on the Arxiv pre-print site.
    To date, astronomers have discovered more than 3,000 exoplanets -
    worlds orbiting stars other than the Sun.A hunt for exomoons - objects in
    orbit around those distant planets - has proceeded in parallel. But so far,
    these extrasolar satellites have lingered at the limits of detection with
    current techniques.

    Dr David Kipping, assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University in
    New York, says he has spent "most of his adult life" looking for exomoons.
    For the time being, however, he urged caution, saying: "We would merely
    describe it at this point as something consistent with a moon, but, who knows,
    it could be something else."



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