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All rocky planets develop liquid-water oceans shortly after forming, suggesting that alien worlds potentially teeming with life may be common throughout the Universe, a new study has found.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:45
The number of potentially habitable planets is greater than previously thought and some of those planets are likely lurking around nearby stars, a new analysis by a Penn State researcher as concluded.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 21:07
Scientists looking for habitable planets to photograph could have better luck searching for moons, according to scientists.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 10:27
A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may in fact be creating new worlds, according to researchers.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 16:46
The habitable zone defines the region where a planet might be able to retain liquid water on its surface.
Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 13:05
Our galaxy contains at least 100 billion planets - approximately one for every star - and many of them could harbour life, a new study claims.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 12:51
For the first time, scientists have observed the birth of two giant planets emitting gas as they orbit their parent star.
Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 19:14
A biodiversity map drawn up by British naturalist Russel Wallace in 1876 depicting how life evolved on our continents has been updated after 136 years.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 16:51
Scientists have found a disk of gas and dust around a young Sun-like star with spiral-arms, which may provide clues to the presence of embedded but yet-unseen planets.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 14:52
Scientists using an intra-galactic speed gun have detected five new planets, relatively close to Earth.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 16:00
A new study has suggested that any planets orbiting those stars may very well be hotter and more dynamic than Earth.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 16:33
Astronomers have detected that the outer region of a dusty disc encircling a brown dwarf - a star-like object, contains millimetre-size solid grains like those found in denser discs around newborn stars.
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