A lot of ink has been spilled over the liquid ocean that is believed to exist below the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus, and yet few observed the fact that the discussion shouldn't have existed at all. We now take for granted that the geysers at the moon's South Pole emit water particles and organ... |
7 October 2010
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The technique, named by astronomers astro-comb, uses a detection method relying on measurements related to the radial velocity of the parent star, or wobble, by making observations on the wavelength shifts determined by the gravitational pull of the planet. By doing so, astronomers will be able to detect planets rela... |
3 April 2008
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There are possibly millions of Earth-like planets lying out there in the immensity of the universe, each bearing just the proper conditions for the appearance and evolution of life, we just have to find them. Only a decade ago or so, the human race wasn't even capable of telling whether nearby stars, or any star... |
29 February 2008
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After 18 years of careful observation conducted on the 55 Cancri planetary system, scientists announced yesterday the confirmation of the discovery of the fifth planet, making 55 Cancri the biggest planetary system known today.55 Cancri is a binary system composed of two components: a yellow dwarf star similar to the... |
7 November 2007
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According to researchers working at a joined project of the University of California and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, cited by ITPro, most hard disk drive failures are produced by phenomena called "magnetic avalanches" and their better understanding could lead to hard disk drives that are much more stable and... |
19 July 2007
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