This past December, for example, NASA's Kepler space telescope confirmed its first planet in the habitable zone, a "super Earth" known as Kepler-22b that's thought to be 2.4 times as wide as our planet.
Users of the Fermi space telescope have now confirmed these observations, which were first made by amateur astronomers.
Peggy Whitson, who three years ago was named the 13th Chief of the Astronaut Office, making her the first woman to lead the U.S. Astronaut Corps, stepped down in July, a spokesman at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston confirmed to collectSpace.com.
MSN: NASA names space shuttle veteran as new chief astronaut
The Russian space agency, Roskosmos, has confirmed similar intentions.
Both Carmarthen West AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas and South Wales West AM Suzy Davies raised questions about Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru's new office and rehearsal space Y Llwyfan, to which Mr Lewis confirmed he would investigate to see how it was fitting in with community use.
Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport -- InSight, for short -- was just confirmed as a new NASA mission, with the space agency set to launch in March of 2016.
ENGADGET: NASA InSight tapped for Mars drilling mission in 2016
Amazon's sales are handled out of Luxembourg, while Google's advertising space is sold by a team in the Republic of Ireland, the executives confirmed.
BBC: Starbucks, Google and Amazon grilled over tax avoidance
Avram Grant's side have experienced both ends of football's emotional scale in the space of 24 hours - recovering from finally seeing relegation back to the Championship confirmed by upsetting overwhelming favourites Spurs with two goals in extra-time.
Using the power and data transmission capabilities of the International Space Station, AMS is circling Earth and sifting through matter, antimatter and other particles that are yet to be confirmed, 365 days a year.
ENGADGET: AMS detects excess of positrons, could suggest existence of dark matter
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