News tagged with rocky debris

Stars with dusty disks should harbor Earth-like worlds

Stars with disks of debris around them might be good targets to search for Earth-like planets, researchers say.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Southern Rocky Mountain pikas holding their own, assessment says

American pikas, the chirpy, potato-sized denizens of rocky debris in mountain ranges and high plateaus in western North America, are holding their own in the Southern Rocky Mountains, says a new University ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Geologists point to outer space as source of the Earth's mineral riches

According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath the Earth's surface may be extraterrestrial in origin.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Solar systems around dead Suns?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found that at least 1 in 100 white dwarf stars show evidence of orbiting asteroids and rocky planets, suggesting ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 3