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Astronomers find new planet capable of supporting life
4 weeks ago by flyingcloud
Astronomers have discovered their "holy grail" - a planet capable of supporting life outside our solar system.
astronomy
exoplanets
4 weeks ago by flyingcloud
BBC News - Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed
february 2012 by flyingcloud
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere.
astronomy
exoplanets
february 2012 by flyingcloud
Newfound Alien Planet is Best Candidate Yet to Support Life, Scientists Say
february 2012 by flyingcloud
A potentially habitable alien planet — one that scientists say is the best candidate yet to harbor water, and possibly even life, on its surface — has been found around a nearby star.
astronomy
exoplanets
february 2012 by flyingcloud
Is Vesta the 'smallest terrestrial planet?'
december 2011 by flyingcloud
NASA's Dawn spacecraft spent the last four years voyaging to asteroid Vesta – and may have found a planet.
science
astronomy
planets
asteroids
december 2011 by flyingcloud
Scientists find evidence for 'great lake' on Jupiter's moon Europa, potential new habitat for life
november 2011 by flyingcloud
In a significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere have discovered what appears to be a body of liquid water the volume of the North American Great Lakes locked inside the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa.
science
astronomy
planets
november 2011 by flyingcloud
There's a Mysterious Spot on Uranus! : Discovery News
october 2011 by flyingcloud
There's a strange brightening in the Uranian atmosphere and amateur astronomers can help investigate what it is.
astronomy
planets
october 2011 by flyingcloud
Ask The Bad Astronomer - Slashdot
october 2011 by flyingcloud
Q&A with Phil Plait
astronomy
badastronomy
october 2011 by flyingcloud
Giant Waterworld Confirmed Around Naked Eye Star
october 2011 by flyingcloud
The innermost planet around 55 Cancri A is almost certainly an exotic waterworld with a radius about twice Earth's, say astronomers
astronomy
exoplanets
october 2011 by flyingcloud
NASA solves ancient supernova mystery
october 2011 by flyingcloud
NASA telescopes have helped solved an ancient mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago when Chinese astronomers witnessed what turned out to be an exploding star in the sky.
astronomy
october 2011 by flyingcloud
Bolshoi Simulation Visualization on Vimeo
september 2011 by flyingcloud
Behold the magnificence of the Bolshoi, apparently the most accurate computer simulation of the universe ever. The researchers from the University of California High-Performance Astrocomputing Center (wow!) and New Mexico State University just started releasing data from the simulation this month, leading to new insights about the formation of galaxies, dark matter, and dark energy. The visualization above, depicting dark matter in 1/1000 of the entire cosmological simulation, was also seen in Bjork's Biophilia performance. From UC Santa Cruz:
video
astronomy
cosmology
september 2011 by flyingcloud
One-Third of Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets In Habitable Zone
september 2011 by flyingcloud
Astronomers have calculated the likelihood of finding Earth-like planets around other stars using the latest data from the Kepler mission.
astronomy
exoplanets
september 2011 by flyingcloud
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