NASA wants to tow an asteroid to the moon

NASA wants to tow an asteroid to the moon: senator (via AFP)

NASA wants to grab a small asteroid and tow it into orbit around the moon, as part of a long-range plan towards establishing permanent manned outposts in space, according to a US senator. To get the project off the ground, US President Barack Obama will propose around $100 million for the US space…

17 billion Earth-sized planets in Milky Way: study

17 billion Earth-sized planets in Milky Way: study (via AFP)

The Milky Way contains at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth, and likely many more, according to a study that raises the chances of discovering a sister planet to ours. Astronomers using NASA's Kepler spacecraft found that about 17 percent of stars in our galaxy have a planet about the size…