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TARS: Sunlight-Powered Space Slingshot Could Propel Tiny Probes to the Stars
Astronomer David Kipping has proposed TARS, a sunlight-driven space slingshot. Using reflective panels spun in space, it can fling small probes at escape speed. Though Alpha Centauri is over a thousand years away, this simple, fuel-free idea could pave the way for future interstellar missions.
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Are Exomoons Real? Scientists Debate Discoveries Outside Solar System
Astronomers are grappling with the difficulty of detecting exomoons, despite believing they found one in 2018 orbiting Kepler-1625b.
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Here's How We Could Hide Earth From Aliens if We Had To
It turns out that hiding planets from the transit method of detection would be surprisingly easy.
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Earth's 'gassy twin' discovered 200 light years away
Astronomers have discovered Earth's 'gassy twin' with a mass similar to that of our planet in another solar system 200 light years away.
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TARS: Sunlight-Powered Space Slingshot Could Propel Tiny Probes to the Stars
Astronomer David Kipping has proposed TARS, a sunlight-driven space slingshot. Using reflective panels spun in space, it can fling small probes at escape speed. Though Alpha Centauri is over a thousand years away, this simple, fuel-free idea could pave the way for future interstellar missions.
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Are Exomoons Real? Scientists Debate Discoveries Outside Solar System
Astronomers are grappling with the difficulty of detecting exomoons, despite believing they found one in 2018 orbiting Kepler-1625b.
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Here's How We Could Hide Earth From Aliens if We Had To
It turns out that hiding planets from the transit method of detection would be surprisingly easy.
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Earth's 'gassy twin' discovered 200 light years away
Astronomers have discovered Earth's 'gassy twin' with a mass similar to that of our planet in another solar system 200 light years away.
