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Raver32 writes "A team of Astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet . Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a relatively cool star at a distance that would provide earthly temperatures as well, signaling the possibility of liquid water. "The separation between the planet and its star is just right for having liquid water at its surface," says astronomer and team spokesperson Stephane Udry of the Observatory of Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland. "That's why we are a bit excited." But researchers do not yet know if the planet contains water, if it is truly rocky like Earth, which might make it hospitable to life as we know it, or whether it is blanketed by a thick atmosphere. "What we have," Udry says, "is the minimum mass of the planet and its separation" from its star." ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
Washington, July 24 : Astronomers have used a infrared filter with large telescopes to get a clean view of the scattered light coming from the disks surrounding black holes. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 17 hours ago
The planet, named the distinctly unpoetic CoRoT-Exo-4b, lies within the Unicorn constellation about 3,000 light years from our solar system. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 8 days ago
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A contender for the title of the brightest star in our Milky Way has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy's center, according to a new study in an upcoming issue of the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. ... Source: www.dailymail.co.uk --- 1 day ago
Astronomers have discovered a new planet about the same size as Jupiter, it was announced today. ... Source: www.newscientist.com --- 8 days ago
If they had super-powerful telescopes, it might look like what the Deep Impact probe recently saw from its vantage point 50 million km away ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
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THE FORMAL study of astronomy may have arisen first among the Aboriginals of Australia, who were intrigued not just by the stars but also the dark gaps where stars were absent. ... Source: www.tv3.co.nz --- 6 days ago
Researchers in New Zealand have made the initial measurements of the smallest planet found outside the solar system. ... 'Baby Boom' in a Stellar Nursery. Astronomers discover an ancient galactic star factory on overdrive
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sciam.com A team of Astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet. Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a relatively cool star at a distance that would provide earthly temperatures as well, signaling the possibility of liquid water. A team of Astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and [...] ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 19 hours ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what Astronomers have long predicted they would be ... ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 19 hours ago
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what Astronomers have long predicted they ... ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 8 days ago
Skygazers are sending a strong message to northern Canadians keen on watching next month's solar eclipse: never look directly at it, or you risk permanent damage to your eyesight. ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 1 day ago
ScienceDaily (July 23, 2008) ? For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what Astronomers have long predicted ... ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 5 days ago
Yet another exploding star was discovered in the Milky Way galaxy by Europe's X-ray space observatory, XMM-Newton, during a slew survey. It should have been spotted several days before the actual discovery by the thousands of Astronomers throughout ... ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 10 days ago
Australian Aboriginals may have been first Astronomers Irish Times, Ireland - 15 hours ago While Australia's indigenous population might lay claim to being the earliest Astronomers , Ireland's Newgrange ranks as the world's oldest known ... ... Source: news.speeple.com --- 1 day ago
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Polaris is a well known Cepheid variable, but its periodic brightness variations have been steadily decreasing in amplitude for the last hundred years. Around the beginning of the 20th Century, Polaris' brightness fluctuated every four days by 10%. Only ten years ago this variation had dropped to 2%, leading Astronomers to believe this steady decline [...] ...
Although we can't actually see a black hole, we can see the black hole's effect on nearby matter. But even that is difficult because infrared light from clouds of dust and gas usually pollutes the view. But Astronomers have found a way to get a clean view of the disks surrounding black [...] ...