Planetary Systems

LOOK: First Photo Of Auroras On Uranus

| Sid Perkins | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Magnetic Field, Planetary Science, Planets, Video, Hubble Telescope, Space Exploration, Space, Uranus, Solar System, Planetary Systems, Aurora, Science News

WASHINGTON – For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how ...

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Are We Alone?

George Smoot III | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Earth-Like Planets, Life in Space, Extraterrestrials, Planetary Systems, Milky Way, Extrasolar, Kepler Satellite, Science News
George Smoot III

We are in the midst of one of the most interesting and challenging science research programs that humans have ever pursued. It is good to keep this in mind when the everyday crises of human affairs seem so overwhelming.

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Slouching To The Right Of The Drake Equation

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Habitable Zone, Astrophysics, Second-Life-Sample, Astrobiology, Kepler 22b, Earth-Like Planets, Exoplanets, Planetary Systems, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA Kepler, Technology News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

The last few years have been heady for planet hunters. First the hot Jupiters; then the will-o'-the-wisp Glieslings and their cousins; and the results from the Kepler mission, one of which is Kepler-22b.

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First Planet Orbiting Two Stars Discovered by the NASA Kepler Spacecraft

SETI Institute | Posted 11.15.2011

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SETI Institute

By Dr. Laurance Doyle, an astrophysicist at the SETI Institute, and lead author of a paper that will appear in the journal Science on September 15, 2...

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