Exoplanets

Most recent stories in Exoplanets

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  Patrick Coolen

  

  14 hours ago

  How scientists really search for intelligent life beyond Earth

  skyatnightmagazine.com - Iain Todd

  The more we learn about the bodies of our Solar System, the more we realise that, far from the cold, lifeless worlds we once might have expected them …

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  Rob Helsloot

  

  NASA's Curious Universe

  nasa.gov - NASA

  Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new podcast adventure each week — all you need is …

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  Patrick Coolen

  

  3 days ago

  NASA’s super-Hubble to finally find inhabited planets

  bigthink.com - Ethan Siegel

  Ever since our ancient ancestors first looked up at the stars, one question has given us a ceaseless sense of wonder: who else is out there? Out …

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  Patrick Coolen

  

  Storyboard

  What Is The Habitable Zone?

  

  Curated byWorldatlas.com

  What makes the Earth habitable? There are multiple factors, yet most relate to a single aspect of our world: it orbits the sun at just the proper distance. Every star is surrounded by a region called the habitable zone. This region is around a star where water can potentially exist in liquid form on a planet’s surface. Water is used to define the habitable zone because it’s the primary ingredient life uses on Earth. One of NASA’s mottos is “Follow the water.”

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  Rob Helsloot

  

  May 12

  Planetary scientists suggest a solution to the Fermi paradox: Superlinear scaling leading to a singularity

  phys.org - Bob Yirka

  A pair of researchers, one with the Carnegie Institution for Science, the other with California Institute of Technology, has developed a possible …

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  Rob Helsloot

  

  Jun 17

  Contreras Fire Reaches Kitt Peak National Observatory - AURA Astronomy

  aura-astronomy.org

  UPDATE 18 June am: We’re hopeful that the worst may have passed for Kitt Peak National Observatory, but fire officials warn that the mountain is at …