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Europe announces latest space mission: PLATO the planet hunter

February 20, 2014 News Desk 0

PLATO, a space-based observatory designed to search for planets orbiting stars, is the European Space Agency’s newest mission. “Its discoveries will help to place our own Solar System’s architecture in the context of other planetary […]

Dwarf planet Ceres is generating water vapour

January 23, 2014 News Desk 0

European scientists are reporting the dwarf planet Ceres, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, has been releasing water vapour from two locations, begging the question of whether or not it may be hospitable […]