TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency will launch a satellite later this month to monitor greenhouse gases around the world, officials said Wednesday, hoping...
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For decades imaginations have run wild regarding Mars, its mysterious past and promising future. One very real theory is colonization of the Red Planet. But who will...
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Today we bring you news of a British scientist who has developed a computer program that can translate messages from extra-terrestrials if the need ever arises.
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Mark your calendars: we've got some awesome stuff lighting up the sky this year. 1. Quadrantids - January 3-4. (Little late on that one) 2. Lyrids - April...
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Campaign seeks to overturn ruling that split the world of astronomy. The number nine has a special significance for Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science...
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Astronomers may have solved a cosmic chicken-and-the-egg problem: Which came first — galaxies or the supermassive black holes in their cores? For several...
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What form would evolution take on life-bearing planets similar in size to earth? With the intense effort of the world's astronomers in their search for...
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Researchers at the University of California have developed a computer model of the triple star system at Alpha Centauri that shows that Alpha Centauri B (the largest...
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Before we get too excited here, let's remember. There's still an energy problem. Global warming, too. Nobody's going to be importing oil substitutes...
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For the first time, an astronomer using a ground-based telescope has succeeding in observing and measuring at least part of the atmosphere on an exoplanet, or planet...
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OK, it's not quite the same thing as finding actual life in outer space. But scientists say the Cassini probe's unexpected discovery of heavy negatively...
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Hubble detected the organic molecule methane within the atmosphere of a large Jupiter-like planet 63 light years away. Although the planet, HD 189744b, is too hot to...
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I know, I know, Battlestar Galactica isn't real life (even if some days, I'm not convinced). But just in case humanity ever is on the run, looking for a new...
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Earth-like planets may in fact be common in the galaxy, increasing the likelihood of extraterrestrial life. By observing the remains of smashed up asteroids around...
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The propsect of an elevator to space has been shaken up by a new prototype. Age-Raymond Riise of the European Space Agency demonstrated the device at a space...
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"When starships transporting colonists first depart the solar system, they may well be headed toward a TESS-discovered planet as their new home." George...
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These are the closest stars to our planet. Sceientists are saying there is a strong possiblity of planets with Earth-like conditions. These are our closests...
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Astronomers have produced the sharpest infrared portrait of the central 300 light-years of the Milky Way, showing details as small as 20...
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The conditions on Venus are hard to describe. Many planetary scientists say "Start by imagining Hell and work up from there." It's an environment where...
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