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May 19, 2016

First-ever Object Beyond Neptune Detected

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has twice spotted a first object in Kuiper Belt - a region of the solar system which is beyond the orbit of Neptune.
“1994 JR1” is a 145-km-wide Kuiper Belt object (KBO) orbiting more than 5 billion km from the sun.

May 11, 2016

Largest Finding of Planets to Date

NASA has announced that Kepler has successfully verified the existence of 1,284 planets in total, making this the single largest finding of planets to date.
This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth.

May 10, 2016

World's First Holographic Flexible, Glasses-free Smartphone

Researchers have created what they claim is the world's first holographic flexible smartphone display.
Called the HoloFlex, the display is capable of rendering 3D images with motion parallax and stereoscopy to multiple simultaneous users without head tracking or glasses.

May 03, 2016

Three Earth-like Planets Found

A team of scientists claim to have discovered three potentially habitable planets.
As per the scientists, the three are the best planets found so far for life outside our solar system.
The three orbit an ultracool dwarf star a mere 39 light years away, and are likely comparable in size and temperature to Earth and Venus.
The find opens up a whole new hunting ground for habitable planets.

Apr 28, 2016

Sea of Methane Spotted on Titan

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted a huge sea on Saturn's moon Titan which is composed mostly of pure liquid methane. The sea, called Ligeia Mare, has a surface area of about 126,000 sq. km.
There are three large seas, all located close to the moon's North Pole, surrounded by numerous of smaller lakes in the northern hemisphere. Just one large lake has been found in the southern hemisphere.

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