• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 5th, 2012
Earth Climate Models Are Now Being Adapted for Exoplanets

Earth Climate Models Are Now Being Adapted for Exoplanets

Scientists want to develop tools that can forecast weather on other worlds

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2012
Kepler Telescope Gets Mission Extension Through 2016

Kepler Telescope Gets Mission Extension Through 2016

Several other important missions have also received extensions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2012
Second Earth to Be Discovered Within 2 Years

Second Earth to Be Discovered Within 2 Years

Scientists are convinced that they will find such a world by 2014

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 29th, 2012
12.8-Billion-Year-Old Exoplanets Discovered

12.8-Billion-Year-Old Exoplanets Discovered

They are only a little bit younger than the Universe

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 28th, 2012
Red Stars Host Countless Earth-Sized Exoplanets

Red Stars Host Countless Earth-Sized Exoplanets

A new investigation reveals how common rocky worlds are in the galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 26th, 2012
Jupiter May Explain Strange Exoplanet's Composition

Jupiter May Explain Strange Exoplanet's Composition

Our own gas giant appears to be dissolving, much to the puzzlement of experts

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 23rd, 2012
Habitable Super-Earth Does Not Transfer Life Elsewhere

Habitable Super-Earth Does Not Transfer Life Elsewhere

The world is located in a nearby, multi-planet star system

Runaway Planets Break All Speed Records

Runaway Planets Break All Speed Records

They can travel at mind-boggling speeds while exiting galaxies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 19th, 2012
Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars

Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars

This preference is dictated by the amount of radiations the stars emit

Plants on Other Worlds May Use Multiple Types of Light

Plants on Other Worlds May Use Multiple Types of Light

They could therefore produce oxygen regardless of wavelengths

Exoplanets May Conceal Themselves Within Protoplanetary Disks

Exoplanets May Conceal Themselves Within Protoplanetary Disks

Researchers say we could fin Earth-like worlds at these locations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 9th, 2012
Exoplanets Orbiting Neutron Stars May Support Life

Exoplanets Orbiting Neutron Stars May Support Life

Previously, that was thought to be impossible due to several factors

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2012
Venus Will Transit the Sun in June

Venus Will Transit the Sun in June

This will be the last such event for this entire century

Exoplanetary Atmosphere Found Harboring Water Vapors

Exoplanetary Atmosphere Found Harboring Water Vapors

The object has been under research for the past couple of years

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2012
Gravity Could Make Dark Matter Heat Up Starless Exoplanets

Gravity Could Make Dark Matter Heat Up Starless Exoplanets

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 1st, 2012
New Method of Looking for Alien Life

New Method of Looking for Alien Life

ESO investigators develop innovative approach to such studies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 1st, 2012
Leap Years May Be Common on Exoplanets

Leap Years May Be Common on Exoplanets

Calendar oddity may be a consequence of planets' orbital properties

 
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