astronomy
Five Missions That Will Help Stop an Asteroid Hitting Earth
Posted in Science on 10th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Millions of rocky objects have orbits that bring them near Earth, but we have only found about 13,000 of them.
Moons crust as fractured as can be from a barrage of small asteroids
Posted in Science on 12th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists believe that 4 billion years ago the moon took a severe beating, as an army of asteroids pelted it. Such impacts opened up a network of large seams beneath the surface.
Earth observations show how nitrogen may be detected on exoplanets, aiding search for life
Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Measuring nitrogen in the atmosphere of an exoplanet can be crucial to determining if it might be habitable.
There are probably 1 to 10 billion earthlike planets in the Milky Way
Posted in Science on 31st Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers combine constraints on galaxy formation with planet formation models, yielding the Earth-like and giant planet formation histories of the Milky Way and the Universe.
New study tracks the death of our Universe
Posted in Science on 11th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A new study has measured 200,000 galaxies in an effort to chart the rate at which our Universe is outputting energy, and effectively dying.