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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...

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Planetary 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...

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A 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...

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Planetary ‘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’...

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Astronomers 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...

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Drastic 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...

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Icy 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...

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Astronomical 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...

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Numerous 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...

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NASA 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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