 The coldest brown dwarf ever observed April 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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An international team led by French and Canadian astronomers has just discovered the coldest brown dwarf ever observed. Their results will soon be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. This new finding ... | |
 Finally, the 'planet' in planetary nebulae? New studies may vindicate 300-year-old astronomical 'mistake' March 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Astronomers at the University of Rochester, home to one of the world’s largest groups of planetary nebulae specialists, have announced that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may ... | |
Milky Way seen to be a galactic cannibal April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A stream of debris across the sky is the result of intergalactic cannibalism, researchers from The Australian National University conclude, and it is the not the first time our galaxy has had one of its neighbours for breakfast. | |
 The Case for Habitable Exoplanet Moons April 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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As scientists refine their methods, exoplanets are becoming easier and easier to detect. The current count is 163 planets orbiting 97 main-sequence stars, of which only one is even remotely Earth-like. All ... | |
 Cosmic engines surprise XMM-Newton April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought possible. The observation gives new insight into the powerful processes shaping galaxies ... | |
 Cassini Image Shows Saturn Draped in a String of Pearls October 11, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Saturn appears dressed to the nines, "wearing" a strand of "pearls" in a stunning infrared image from the Cassini spacecraft that showcases a meteorological phenomenon. | |
28 new planets, 7 new brown dwarfs reported by California, Carnegie team May 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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The world's largest and most prolific team of planet hunters announced the discovery of 28 new planets outside our solar system, increasing to 236 the total number of known exoplanets. | |
Scientists discover 10 new planets outside solar system April 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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An international team of astronomers has found 10 new “extra solar” planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a system of robotic cameras that yield a great deal of information about these other ... | |
 Mars' dust storms may produce peroxide snow July 31, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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The planet-wide dust storms that periodically cloak Mars in a mantle of red may be generating a snow of corrosive chemicals, including hydrogen peroxide, that would be toxic to life, according to two new studies ... | |
A simple survey yields a cosmic conundrum July 31, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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A survey of galaxies observed along the sightlines to quasars and gamma-ray bursts--both extremely luminous, distant objects--has revealed a puzzling inconsistency. Galaxies appear to be four times more common in the direction ... | |
 'Astro-comb' helps search for Goldilocks planet April 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Harvard scientists have unveiled a new laser-measuring device that they say will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets ... | |
Pre-life molecules present in comets July 26, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Evidence of atomic nitrogen in interstellar gas clouds suggests that pre-life molecules may be present in comets, a discovery that gives a clue about the early conditions that gave rise to life, according to researchers from ... | |
 Researchers Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life August 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green ... | |
Old galaxies stick together in the young universe April 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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UK astronomers have developed the most sensitive infrared map of the distant universe ever produced, revealing the origins of the most massive galaxies in the cosmos. | |
Astronomers discover largest-ever dark matter structures spanning 270M light-years February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever seen. Measuring 270 million light-years across, these dark matter structures criss-cross the ... | |
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