how nasa identified new earth
Last year astronomers announced the telescope had spotted its first Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of another star. The Kepler Space Telescope, shown in the artists impression above, has discovered 1,028 confirmed exoplanets since launching in 2009.
NASA is planning to launch a probe to study an asteroid that could one day pulverise the Earth. Picture: Supplied Source:Supplied NASA is planning to launch a probe to study an “Armageddon” asteroid that could one day pulverise the Earth. The asteroid, named Bennu, crosses Earth’s orbit once every six years and has gotten ever closer since it was discovered in 1999, reports the New York Post.