Scientists say NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered 1,284 new planets beyond the solar system. | Reuters

Earth’s secret halo, revealed! 🌍✨ NASA’s soon-to-launch Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will capture the first movies of Earth’s geocorona, the faint halo of ultraviolet light given off by the exosphere, our planet’s outer atmosphere. Within the first two hours of science observations, it will capture more pictures of the exosphere than currently exist! Why it matters: Space weather forecasting 💥 Atmospheric water escape 💧 Habitability 🌱 Exoplanet science 🪐 Launching Sept. 23! 🚀 Learn mor

This new NASA mission will get a whole new look at our home in space. 👀 The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, will chart our heliosphere, the giant bubble encasing our solar system. The heliosphere is like Earth’s house in space: It shelters our planet from interstellar radiation and helps keep it cozy, safe, and suitable for living things — like us! 🌱🌎 With a comprehensive suite of 10 instruments, IMAP will reveal our heliosphere with 30X better resolution than we’ve ever

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