Omega Centauri unlikely to harbor life
Searching for life in the vast universe is an overwhelming task, but scientists can cross one place off their list.
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Plate tectonics not needed to sustain life
There may be more habitable planets in the universe than we previously thought, according to Penn State geoscientists, who suggest that plate tectonics—long assumed to be a requirement for suitable conditions for life—are ...
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Jul 30, 2018
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Searching for alien life on other moons
We usually look for signs of life on planets like ours—but maybe we are looking in the wrong place
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Jul 4, 2018
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New IR instrument searches for habitable planets
A new instrument to search for potentially habitable/inhabited planets has started operation at the Subaru Telescope. This instrument, IRD (InfraRed Doppler), will look for habitable planets around red dwarf stars. Astronomers ...
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Jul 2, 2018
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More clues that Earth-like exoplanets are indeed Earth-like
A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology provides new clues indicating that an exoplanet 500 light-years away is much like Earth.
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Jun 28, 2018
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Researchers identify 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
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Jun 14, 2018
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Chandra scouts nearest star system for possible hazards
In humanity's search for life outside our Solar System, one of the best places scientists have considered is Alpha Centauri, a system containing the three nearest stars beyond our Sun.
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Jun 7, 2018
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Researchers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
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May 31, 2018
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How changes in stars' speed gave away the most Earth-like planets ever observed
When thinking about Earth-like exoplanet discoveries, the Kepler space telescope immediately comes to mind. Yet, it is not only Kepler, but also ground-based information from the HARPS-N spectrograph, that allowed the ETAEARTH ...
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May 29, 2018
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The challenges of an alien spaceflight program—escaping super-Earths and red dwarf stars
Since the beginning of the Space Age, humans have relied on chemical rockets to get into space. While this method is certainly effective, it is also very expensive and requires a considerable amount of resources. As we look ...
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