NASA's Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2018
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Not too cold, not too hot—the conditions for life are found not just on Earth, but on a handful of other places out in the universe.
Astronomy
Mar 16, 2018
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Did you make any New Year's resolutions this year? Have they been successful? By about this time of year, research shows that most New Year's resolutions have failed.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2018
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Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific ...
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2018
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In 2021, a spacecraft the size of a Cheerios box will carry a small telescope into Earth orbit on an unusual mission. Its task is to monitor the flares and sunspots of small stars to assess how habitable the space environment ...
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2018
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It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars. Such planets must have an enormous atmosphere that convert the deadly X-rays and high energy particles of the pulsar into heat. This is the conclusion ...
Astronomy
Dec 20, 2017
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Yale astronomers have taken a fresh look at the nearby Alpha Centauri star system and found new ways to narrow the search for habitable planets there.
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2017
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How long might a rocky, Mars-like planet be habitable if it were orbiting a red dwarf star? It's a complex question but one that NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission can help answer.
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2017
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The search for life beyond Earth is riding a surge of creativity and innovation. Following a gold rush of exoplanet discovery over the past two decades, it is time to tackle the next step: determining which of the known exoplanets ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2017
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A mating strategy among redback spiders where males seek out immature females appears to benefit both sexes, a new University of Toronto study has found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2017
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