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Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist and Nobel laureate, died yesterday of cardiac arrest. He was 93 years old. Ginzburg shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on superconductors, but contributed to many other fields of study, including quantum theory, astrophysics, radio-astronomy and diffusion of cosmic radia (Read More)
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From the left: Klaus Beuermann (group leader), Jens Diese (back,teacher), and the high-school students Joshua Zachmann (front), Alexander-Maria Ploch (back), Sang Paik (front). JD, JZ, and AMP are from the Max-Planck-Gymnasium, SP is from the Felix-Klein-Gymnasium. High school students from Germany have now done what many s (Read More)
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Historic Timeline on our Quest for New Worlds (Interactive). (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
Eve-Online, one of my favorite Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) has just made an important update. They added more details to the exoplanets in their universe.The last time I've played Eve was almost 4 years ago during the months that I was unemployed. It was one of the virtual worlds I explored, attempting to earn (Read More)
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9 Wildest Exoplanets among the 400+ discovered so far. (Read More)
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After we’ve found an Earth-like planet with a potential for life, what further things can we do to investigate it? A team led by Jean Schneider (Paris Observatory) asks this question in a new paper, speculating that there are things a technological society does that leave a sure trace. Given the right instruments (no small (Read More)
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The basic chemistry for life has been detected the atmosphere of a second hot gas planet, HD 209458b. Data from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes provided spectral observations that revealed molecules of carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor in the planet's atmosphere. The Jupiter-sized planet – which occupies a t (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
A couple of weeks ago, I enjoyed a great evening of exoplanets, music, cocktail and science at the SciCafe Event which launched with a topic about Exoplanets and the Search for Life in the Universe.Ben Oppenheimer's lecture and presentation was stylish and unique. A 3D map of the known exoplanets around our stellar neighbor (Read More)
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Kentucky Space:
Discovered by the European Southern Observatory's La Silla facility in Chile using the radial velocity technique, 32 new exoplanets are being reported this week, according to the BBC. Key quote:The discovery is exciting because it suggests that low-mass planets could be numerous in our galaxy. 'From[our] results, we know no (Read More)
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Kentucky Space:
Given the pace of discovery using Earth and spaceborne observatories, it's not too much of a stretch to assume that sooner or later a planet orbiting its parent star in the "habitable" zone, a region where liquid water is likely to exist, will be found. So let's assume that a planet has been found in this "Goldilocks" zone. (Read More)
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Astrobiology,
Exoplanet
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Wired Science:
Thirty-two new alien orbs have just been added to the growing list of exoplanets, including several that qualify as “super-Earths,” meaning they have a mass only a few times that of our planet and could potentially harbor Earth-like environments.In the past five years, the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, a sp (Read More)
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Something remarkable happened today.We have just reached the 400th mark of total known exoplanets on the same year that we are celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Astronomy. It was only 400 years ago when Galileo started to point the telescope at the heavens. And look how far we have gone since then! It's a welcome note th (Read More)
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In what could be the biggest dump of new exoplanet discoveries ever announced in one day, today marks the announcement of 30+ new exoplanet discoveries. Plus some new Brown Dwarfs to go along with it.As of writing, we now have 403 total known exoplanets!And here's what even more remarkable: We have just reached the 400th ma (Read More)
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The good news: We've found another habitable planet.The bad news: Pandorum.Stop reading here to save yourself from spoilers.Pandorum outlines some horrifying things that could happen to spacefaring humans during a trip to another habitable exoplanet. A psychological sickness called "Pandorum" is just one of the many problem (Read More)
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Exoplanetology
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Exoplanetology:
Those glaring eyes have peered deep into my soul. Jill Tarter speaks and produces an inspiring piece at TED. Please take a moment to watch the entirety of this wonderful talk. It is special.With Subtitle:. (Read More)
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