• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 28th, 2009
Giant Lasers to Scout Exoplanets

Giant Lasers to Scout Exoplanets

They can recreate the conditions inside Jupiter

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 20th, 2009
Kepler Telescope Ready to Launch

Kepler Telescope Ready to Launch

Lift-off will take place on March 5th

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 20th, 2009
Billions of Habitable Planets Exist in the Universe

Billions of Habitable Planets Exist in the Universe

That is, counting all known galaxies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 19th, 2009
Plate Tectonics Determine Life on Other Planets

Plate Tectonics Determine Life on Other Planets

Or at least that's what some think

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 16th, 2009
Earth-Like Planets Near Us Can Sustain Life

Earth-Like Planets Near Us Can Sustain Life

They just haven't been found yet, astronomers say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 12th, 2009
How Sponges Shaped Our Development

How Sponges Shaped Our Development

The material was essential to our domination of the world

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 4th, 2009
Hubble Archive Reveals Unknown Exoplanet

Hubble Archive Reveals Unknown Exoplanet

A first check missed the planet

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 31st, 2009
NASA's Kepler Telescope Will Search for New Earths

NASA's Kepler Telescope Will Search for New Earths

The observatory is not state-of-the-art

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 29th, 2009
Six Mysteries of Our Solar System

Six Mysteries of Our Solar System

Its history raises a lot of questions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 29th, 2009
Exoplanet Suffers Extreme Weather Patterns

Exoplanet Suffers Extreme Weather Patterns

Huge temperature variations occur in just hours

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2009
'Super-Neptune' Exoplanet Found Nearby

'Super-Neptune' Exoplanet Found Nearby

The planet hangs around a red dwarf

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 19th, 2009
Smallest Exoplanet Has 1.4 Earth Masses

Smallest Exoplanet Has 1.4 Earth Masses

Not all of them are large gas giants

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 15th, 2009
Exoplanets Get Their Atmosphere Measured for the First Time

Exoplanets Get Their Atmosphere Measured for the First Time

First such planet was discovered in 1999

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 13th, 2009
2009 Will Be a Huge Year for Space Observations

2009 Will Be a Huge Year for Space Observations

New telescopes are scheduled to be completed this year

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 10th, 2008
Earth Is Barely Habitable

Earth Is Barely Habitable

Our planet is just the right size!

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 3rd, 2008
Comet Hunter Makes First Rendezvous with Earth

Comet Hunter Makes First Rendezvous with Earth

Deep Impact made the scheduled flyby Earth on Monday

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • December 13th, 2007
First Habitable Alien Planet

First Habitable Alien Planet

Planets around M class stars

 
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