• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 12th, 2013
Edges of Habitable Zone Around the Sun Refined in New Study

Edges of Habitable Zone Around the Sun Refined in New Study

The data can potentially be extrapolated to other star systems

NASA's Kepler Has Found 461 New Potential Alien Planets

NASA's Kepler Has Found 461 New Potential Alien Planets

Four of them seem capable of supporting life, specialists claim

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 3rd, 2012
Super-Earth Found in Its Star's Habitable Zone

Super-Earth Found in Its Star's Habitable Zone

The extrasolar planet was discovered only recently

What Makes a Star's Surroundings Habitable

What Makes a Star's Surroundings Habitable

Distance from a star is not the only requisite, astrobiologists say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 6th, 2011
First Exoplanet Found Orbiting Inside Habitable Zone

First Exoplanet Found Orbiting Inside Habitable Zone

The discovery was made by a NASA planet-hunting telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 24th, 2011
Habitable Zones Around Red Dwarfs Larger Than First Thought

Habitable Zones Around Red Dwarfs Larger Than First Thought

Initial measurements were off by as much as 30 percent

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 28th, 2011
Many Sun-Like Stars Have Planets Inside Habitable Zones

Many Sun-Like Stars Have Planets Inside Habitable Zones

A new study estimates this proportion at 33 percent

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 27th, 2011
Milky Way May Reveal Life's Origins

Milky Way May Reveal Life's Origins

Astrobiologists begin looking all over the place for life's seeds

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 3rd, 2011
New Class of Planets Defined

New Class of Planets Defined

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 4th, 2011
Life Could Thrive Around Red Dwarfs

Life Could Thrive Around Red Dwarfs

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 1st, 2010
'Second Earth' Possibly Discovered

'Second Earth' Possibly Discovered

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 25th, 2010
Exoplanets May Occasionally Be Habitable

Exoplanets May Occasionally Be Habitable

Their orbits change fairly often

 
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