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Weve long fantasised about the possibility of life on other planets. But it was only in 1995 that we found the first planet outside our solar system. These exoplanets are hard to find. Of course they are, theyre relatively tiny. And so far theyve mainly been detected indirectly, either by the incredibly slight dimming of a stars light as a planet moves in front of it, or by the wobble of the star caused by something orbiting it. In the last 20 years weve detected about 2000 exoplanets, but we ha...

Important to remember is only responsible for the boeing starliner spacecraft, just the little capsule that the astronaut sit on top. >> there was no issues with that today, nor were there any issues with the atlas five rocket itself, which is built and operated by the united launch alliance, a different company. >> so no issue with the boeing starliner spacecraft? no issue with the rocket itself. the hardware performed just fine today. >> the issue jessica, frustratingly was with the company pu...

The rocket itself, and then the cumulus clouds billowing up and creating the potential for thunderstorms. so were watching your future forecast rolling in with the chance for thunderstorms later on into the afternoon with the heat of the day. your sea breeze will set up. that strong easterly wind is going to push a lot of that further inland. the problem is these cumulo nimbus clouds build up. we get the anvil tops and lightning can strike up to ten miles from some of the east wind is expected t...

Off from kennedy space center as we heard from mission control, the first commercial space flight to be launched from the kennedy space center. i know we expect a portion of this falcon 9 rocket to touch back down on that touch pad in a matter of minutes. talk to us about that. >> reporter: its really interesting. okay? of course, we know that the reason the shuttle was so successful to use it over and over. but when the system retired, what spacex and musks team decided is rocket itself, the lo...