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Red dwarf exoplanets not as habitable as once believed

Posted in Science on 26th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Computer models suggest that these planets are likely rendered uninhabitable by their super-dense atmospheres.

Supernova iron found on the moon

Posted in Science on 15th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

A supernova 2 million years ago sprayed the solar system with stellar material.

Astronomers Found Evidence for Exoplanets 100 Years Ago But Didnt Know It

Posted in Science on 13th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

A 1917 astronomical glass plate from the Cargenie Observatorys collection is offering the oldest evidence for a planet orbiting another star.

Astronomers Want to Build A Forty Foot Space Telescope to Find the Next Earth

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

To achieve this, well need a spacecraft more advanced than anything humans have built, a telescope with 10x the seeing power of Hubble.

Advance in astronomy 'can help find other worlds'

Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

"Our technique can tell you how big and bright is the star, and if a planet around it is the right size and temperature to have water oceans, and maybe life"