Dead stars ‘polluted’ with planetary debris: Signs of Earth-like planets found
Astronomers have found signs of Earth-like planets in an unlikely place: the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in … Continue reading → The post Dead stars ‘polluted’ with planetary debris: Signs...
View ArticlePlanetary Resources raises over $200,000 on day one of crowdfunding for space...
A commercial asteroid-mining company aiming to launch a crowdfunded space telescope raised more than $ 200,000 on the first day … Continue reading → The post Planetary Resources raises over $200,000 on...
View ArticleA warmer planetary haven around cool stars, as ice warms rather than cools
In a bit of cosmic irony, planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than planets around … Continue reading → The post A warmer planetary haven around cool stars, as ice warms...
View ArticlePlanetary ‘runaway greenhouse’ more easily triggered, research shows
It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable “runaway greenhouse” stage, according … Continue reading → The post Planetary ‘runaway greenhouse’...
View ArticleAstronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres
An atmospheric peculiarity the Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is likely common to billions of planets, astronomers … Continue reading → The post Astronomers solve temperature...
View ArticleDrastic chemical change occurring in birth of planetary system: Has the solar...
A new star is formed by gravitational contraction of an interstellar molecular cloud consisting of gas and dust. In the … Continue reading → The post Drastic chemical change occurring in birth of...
View ArticleIcy wreckage discovered in nearby planetary system
Astronomers have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star. The researchers believe they are witnessing … Continue reading → The post Icy wreckage discovered...
View ArticleAstronomical forensics uncover planetary disks in NASA’s Hubble archive
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared scattered light photos of … Continue reading → The post Astronomical forensics...
View ArticleNumerous unknown jets from young stars and planetary nebulae discovered
Preliminary research findings have identified hundreds of so far unknown jets from young stars, as well as numerous new planetary … Continue reading → The post Numerous unknown jets from young stars...
View ArticleNASA will tackle asteroids with new Planetary Defense Office
We can all sleep more soundly tonight – NASA has opened a new office to track asteroids and comets that … Continue reading → The post NASA will tackle asteroids with new Planetary Defense Office...
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