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The existence of the so-called exoplanets -- planets outside our solar system -- was announced at the European Southern Observatory/Center for Astrophysics, University of Porto conference in Porto, Portugal, according to a statement issued by the observatory. The announcement was...

It is usual for fathers to pace up and down the corridors of the hospital while the mother is in labour – the father chews his fingernails as he waits anxiously to hear the good news. Not so astronauts. Randy...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Atlantis astronauts have delivered more than 14 tons of spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station over the past week, but this shuttle mission may be best remembered for a 6-pound, 13-ounce bundle delivered back...

Galileo Galilei known for inventing the telescope that enabled him to discover that the planet Jupitor has moons. He also believed that the earth was not the center of the universe so he became an advocate for Copernican astronomy. Galileo...

GENEVA : The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said. "The first tests of injecting sub-atomic particles began around 1600...

U.S. astronauts Randolph Bresnik and Robert Satcher Jr. completed a five hour, 42 minute spacewalk at 2:06 p.m. EST (1906 GMT) on Monday, which is the third and final spacewalk for space shuttle Atlantis's STS-129 mission, NASA said. During the...

In what signifies a hotting up in the home entertainment market, Telstra has announced the release of a new digital set-top box it has christened the 'T-Box'. Holly Kramer, Telstra's director of product management, said the unit gives users the...