#spaaaace!

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it is spaaaaaaaace my dudes

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A spacey portrait for @skytressmc  Thank you for working with me! }: )

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As a palate cleanser for that really quite useless episode of US action TV show, I’m now watching an episode of “Cosmos”. At least that gets its facts right ;)

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thank you for your input, your Ben 10 has been added to spaaaaaaaace

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Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Found Hidden in Early Kepler Data

A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.

“While previous searches with a computer algorithm misidentified it, researchers reviewing Kepler data took a second look at the signature and recognized it as a planet. Out of all the exoplanets found by Kepler, this distant world – located 300 light-years from Earth – is most similar to Earth in size and estimated temperature.”

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NASA's TESS Helps Find Intriguing New World

A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the star’s habitable zone. If made of rock, this planet may be around twice Earth’s size.

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Planet-hunting satellite TESS finds 'missing link' exoplanets

NASA's planet-hunting satellite TESS has discovered more than 20 exoplanets during its first year of observations, including some "missing link" planets entirely unlike anything in our own solar system.

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NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

The Curiosity mission’s scientists picked up the signal this week, and are seeking additional readings from the red planet.