News tagged with multiple planet

New planet discovered in Trinary star system

Until recently, astronomers were highly skeptical of whether or not planets should be possible in multiple star systems. It was expected that the constantly varying gravitational force would eventually tug ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Refining the search for new planets

(PhysOrg.com) -- SF State's planet hunting team is trying new avenues of investigation in the quest to discover planets beyond our solar system. At the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in January, ...

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. ...

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Nasa study solves case of Earth's 'missing energy'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability

The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 61

Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt

UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Space Weather Center to add world's first 'ensemble forecasting' capability

Improved Forecasting to Coincide with Peak in Solar Activity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Review: Fresh stories propel 'The Old Republic'

(AP) -- How do you make that familiar galaxy far, far away fresh again? Take it back to an even longer time ago. Way back. Well before Vader, Luke, Leia, Yoda and especially Jar Jar. More than 3,000 years ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kepler announces 11 planetary systems hosting 26 planets

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified Kepler planets and triple the number of stars ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (24) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11

Is Kodak's moment past? The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Goldilocks moons

The search for extraterrestrial life outside our Solar System is currently focused on extrasolar planets within the ‘habitable zones’ of exoplanetary systems around stars similar to the Sun. Finding ...

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Scientists gear up to take a picture of a black hole

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, astronomers, physicists and scientists from related fields will convene in Tucson, Ariz. from across the world to discuss an endeavor that only a few years ago would have been regarded as nothing less ...

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created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (58) | comments 34 | with audio podcast


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