Monday, December 14th, 2009
Astronomers have identified at least two largish earth-like planets orbiting relatively nearby stars virtually identical to our sun: An international...
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First images are now available from the new Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Per usual...
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I must admit when I first read this, it confused the crap out of me: Not so, says University of Colorado at Boulder astrophysicist Mitchell Begelman....
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Venus, the evening/morning star, is the second planet from the sun, between earth and Mercury, and the third brightest object in the sky after the sun...
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The earth may be a relatively small planet, and our sun may be an average yellow-white star orbiting in the outskirts of a galaxy. But our Milky Way...
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What with commercial rockets and space elevators covered here in the last few days, solar sails make a logical addition. A solar sail is exactly what...
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If you ever read novels written by the late Robert Heinlein, you'd soon come across a character that was part scientist, part entrepreneur, part...
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Companies like SpaceX and Ariane may be working toward practical, commercial solutions to human and robotic space travel. But some people are thinking...
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Astronomers in Europe have announced more exo-solar planets, this time, the discoveries came in a large economy package: European astronomers...
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