Posts Tagged ‘exoplanets’

Kepler’s Water Worlds

Friday, April 19th, 2013
NASA, exoplanets, Kepler, Ames, 62e, 62f, 69c, water world, borucki, habitable, Earth-like, stars

Some juicy exoplanet news!

Exoplanets and Award Winners

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
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Ryan Wyatt reporting from second day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Long Beach, California…

Old Problems, New Techniques

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
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Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization, reporting from first day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Long Beach, California…

Universe Update, November 2012

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
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Our monthly round-up of top astronomy news.

Life Near the Asteroid Belt

Friday, November 9th, 2012
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Two researchers hypothesize that an asteroid belt, just the right size and distance from its star, might be necessary for a star system to support a life-bearing planet.

Exoplanets Everywhere

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
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…including our own neighborhood!

SETIcon II Excitement

Monday, June 25th, 2012
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The SETI Institute put on an insightful conference in Santa Clara last weekend, June 22nd through 24th.

Lonely Hot Jupiters

Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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Perhaps our solar system is rarer than we thought.

New Neighbors?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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An new, nearby exoplanet may be the most habitable yet!

Universe Update, January 2012

Friday, January 20th, 2012
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Coming at you from the desk of the Director of the Morrison Planetarium, hand-picked stories in space and astronomy news.

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