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In Photos: 22 years of spectacular Hubble Space Telescope images

Washington - On April 24, 1990, 8:33:51 am EST, the historic Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit by Space Shuttle Discovery. The 2.4 metre (7.9 feet) telescope is now 22 years old and what better way to celebrate then to look back at its stunning images.

In the Media by Andrew Moran - 8 comments

Video: 'The Solar System: Explore your Backyard'

A new digital app that gives an "unparalleled view of the universe" has been developed. The app "The Solar System: Explore your Backyard," was developed by an unemployed video game designer Christopher Albeluhn.

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NASA's IBEX detects 'alien matter' from outside our solar system

NASA spacecraft has detected matter that came from outside our solar system. The interstellar material was spotted by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) studying the boundaries of our solar system from an orbit 200,000 miles above the Earth.

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Scientists: Advanced alien technology may exist in solar system

Pittsburgh - Although scientists have not (officially) come into contact with an extraterrestrial species, two scientists are theorizing that it is possible that they have gone unnoticed in our solar system because of the vastness of space.

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Was a giant planet ejected from our solar system to save Earth?

An article recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters says our solar system might, in the past, have had an extra giant planet which was ejected to allow the inner terrestrial planets, including our Earth, to settle into a stable order.

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Study: Did our young solar system maintain a fifth giant planet?

Boulder - After conducting a series of computer simulations and studies, scientists are asking the question: did our solar system harbour a fifth giant planet during its infancy? Study authors say it is a “conceivable” idea.

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Scientists: Nature teaches green, efficient sunlight harvesting

Solar power cells are not advanced enough to match human energy needs, but an international team of scientists wrote that new studies of natural, clean, solar-powered complex systems already hint how to capture, transfer and store sunlight efficiently.

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Comet collides with the sun during a huge solar eruption (video)

Greenbelt - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured a spectacular image of a comet diving into the sun just as a coronal mass ejection came out on the right side.

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Voyager to exit solar system, enter interstellar space in 2016

Pasadena - After leaving planet Earth more than 30 years ago, the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes are reaching the edge of our solar system. By 2016, the spacecraft will break free from our solar system and enter interstellar space.

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First picture of Mercury's surface released by NASA

Officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released early Tuesday morning the very first picture of the surface of the planet Mercury taken by the spacecraft Messenger.

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NASA spacecraft finds atoms beyond solar system

A NASA spacecraft has captured the most complete glimpse yet of what lies beyond our solar system, which may help scientists map how our galaxy evolved and changed over time.

Stargazing viewer in planet coup

The big push initiated on BBC Two's Stargazing Live series to find planets beyond our Solar System has had an immediate result, with a viewer identifying a possible candidate.

VIDEO: How to see five planets in a night

Astronomer Francisco Diego describes how to make the most of a special event - for the first time in over a decade, people can catch a glimpse of five of the planets in the solar system, over the course of one night.

Europe planning Jupiter exploration mission

The European Space Agency is planning to explore Jupiter and its moons by launching a space probe to the solar system's largest planet in 2022, in the hopes of learning more about whether life may exist outside of Earth.