Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 14:06
Exoplanets may have been teeming with alien microbial life just 15 million years after the Big Bang, according to a Harvard scientist.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:40
Dust coming from comets and asteroids may have delivered water and organics to the Earth - jump starting life on our planet, US researchers say.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:27
Super-Earths or massive terrestrial planets dotting our galaxy the Milky Way, may haveEmore earth-like climate then scientists have ever thought.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 15:28
A team of researchers have said that massive exoplanets, called "Super-Earths," are much likelier to have an Earth-like climate than previously believed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 10:40
Scientists using NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope have found that the atmospheres of two of the most common type of planets in the Milky Way galaxy may be blanketed with clouds.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 20:16
MIT scientists have developed a new technique to measure the mass of exoplanets, which can help determine if any of these far-off worlds are habitable.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:10
In an encouraging sign of life beyond earth, NASA scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 15:37
Chinese researchers who were banned from attending a NASA conference on exoplanets have received a letter of clarification from the organising committee.
Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 09:25
Astronomers have autopsied a distant, broken apart planet and revealed signs of water and a rocky surface together for the first time, delighting scientists on the hunt for alien life.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 23:03
The US space agency NASA’s decision to ban Chinese scientists from attending a conference in the United States next month has been condemned by China.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 13:30
An enormous mirror is set to be cast inside a scorching-hot furnace, marking a key milestone in the development of a future telescope that will collect more light than any instrument built to date.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 11:27
Hot Jupiters are giant exoplanets, similar in size to Jupiter that orbit so close to their stars that their atmospheres can reach temperatures of 1000-3000 degrees Celsius.
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