Earth-like Planet Discovered 12 Light-Years Away Thursday, December 20th, 2012 A recent discovery might have located a nearby solar system with up to five planets, one of them could be in just the right...
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 - 09:48:12 - Anuradha Menon
NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest...
A team of astronomers, including two NASA Sagan Fellows, has made the first characterizations of a super-Earth's atmosphere, by using a ground-based...
Invest in lush tropical forests, vibrant coral reefs and clear blue streams, and they will provide a healthy return. That's the message from a group...
Diversity of objects and frequency of pairs not easily accounted for by standard models of planet formation. The cold and shadowy fringe of the solar...
A 10-kilometre-wide rock did for the dinosaurs, but smashed open a window of opportunity for unimpressive little animals called mammals. Nothing like...
