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The 400 light-years away open cluster in the constellation of Taurus and among the nearest to the Earth — Pleiades — seems to be ever happening, now that small, rocky planets may be in the making in the cluster!
It is all happening around one...
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Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets outside our solar system.
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We talk of the Sun; we talk of the Moon; we talk of our solar system; we talk of outer space; we talk of Unidentified Flying Objects. But, is there...
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The common mantra that there is nothing special about our place in the universe is questioned today by a simulation of the birth of our Solar System.
made popular Aug 8 2008
Pluto is finally getting its day in the sun, after being stripped of planetary status by astronomers two years ago.
made popular Jul 12 2008
Japan’s Maruyama Shigenori, one of the world’s leading geophysicists, is working on a global formula for a vast new field of study that would include dozens...
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There\’s a global computing effort dedicated to moving vast volumes of data around the world. You already knew that, but this one isn\’t being used to...
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Mars and Venus, those seemingly contrasting planets of self-help book fame, have more in common than you might think. Two nearly identical spacecraft around Mars and...
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Those having trouble remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, including three dwarfs, can thank a fourth-grader.Maryn Smith, the winner of the National Geographic...
made popular Feb 27 2008
AP, Great Falls
A fourth-grader at Riverview Elementary School has won the National Geographic planetary mnemonic contest, developing a handy way to remember the newly assigned 11...
made popular Feb 26 2008
AP, Great Falls
A fourth-grader at Riverview Elementary School has won the National Geographic planetary mnemonic contest, developing a handy way to remember the newly assigned 11...
made popular Feb 26 2008
AP, Washington
In a solar system thousands of light years away, a star about half the size of our sun is being orbited by two planets that seem like smaller versions of Jupiter and...
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The high desert of Chile will soon be witnessing the largest ground-based astronomy project on its soil. The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) costs $1 billion....
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