Astronomy
- Extraterrestrials Do Exist , But Don't Try Talking To Them
World's leading scientist Stefen Hawkins says that extraterrestrials are out there and we humans should avoid them . We are all aware of the fact that aliens are one of the biggest mysteries of our Universe. He believes that aliens are not just in...
- Kepler: An Evolution And A Shift
The announcement by Kepler a little more than two weeks ago was undoubtedly huge. The discovery and confirmation of a really interesting planetary system consisting of six confirmed planets was released. This announcement was coupled with the discovery...
- Planets Like Binary Stars, Too
In our solar system, planets, comets, asteroids, and dwarf-planets all orbit around a single star, our Sun. But imagine if we could witness two Suns in our sky. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has helped astronomers see that planetary systems are...
- Has Kepler Found A Huge Alien Power Station In Space?
The Kepler space telescope's job is to find faraway planets that could potentially support life. But this time the telescope may have detected something even more exciting. During it's observation Kepler has spotted a star called KIC 8462852,...
- A Close Up Picture Of The Comet Lulin Feb 26 - 2009
The comet Lulin was jointly discovered by Asian astronomers in July of 2007. It is probably the first time the comet visits our solar system and will most likely never come back, or at least not in thousands of years. Lulin was closest to Earth on Feb...
Astronomy
How to search for alien seas
The search for habitable planets around other stars has taken a step forward by, ironically, looking at our own planet. To test whether we would be able to detect oceans on exoplanets, researchers used the Deep Impact spacecraft to observe Earth, as if we were aliens looking at Earth with the tools we might have in ten years.
The Deep Impact spacecraft hit the headlines in July 2005 when it fired a copper projectile into the comet 9P/Tempel 1, creating a huge outburst on the comet?s icy surface. Since it still has fuel and power, astronomers have since been employing it in other jobs. For instance, at the beginning of this year it began using its cameras to search several stars for the telltale dips in light that indicate transiting planets.
- Extraterrestrials Do Exist , But Don't Try Talking To Them
World's leading scientist Stefen Hawkins says that extraterrestrials are out there and we humans should avoid them . We are all aware of the fact that aliens are one of the biggest mysteries of our Universe. He believes that aliens are not just in...
- Kepler: An Evolution And A Shift
The announcement by Kepler a little more than two weeks ago was undoubtedly huge. The discovery and confirmation of a really interesting planetary system consisting of six confirmed planets was released. This announcement was coupled with the discovery...
- Planets Like Binary Stars, Too
In our solar system, planets, comets, asteroids, and dwarf-planets all orbit around a single star, our Sun. But imagine if we could witness two Suns in our sky. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has helped astronomers see that planetary systems are...
- Has Kepler Found A Huge Alien Power Station In Space?
The Kepler space telescope's job is to find faraway planets that could potentially support life. But this time the telescope may have detected something even more exciting. During it's observation Kepler has spotted a star called KIC 8462852,...
- A Close Up Picture Of The Comet Lulin Feb 26 - 2009
The comet Lulin was jointly discovered by Asian astronomers in July of 2007. It is probably the first time the comet visits our solar system and will most likely never come back, or at least not in thousands of years. Lulin was closest to Earth on Feb...