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  NASA's Kepler mission finds the most Earth-like planets yet

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2013 03:29 pm + 43 comments

  Scientists have found what they believe are the two most Earth-like exoplanets yet, shedding new Continue reading…

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  NASA to launch planet-hunting mission with Google-backed satellite

  By Amar Toor on April 6, 2013 09:09 am + 24 comments

  NASA this week announced plans to launch two new projects: a mission to search for new planets, and Continue reading…

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  The ethical quagmire of geoengineering

  By Vlad Savov on April 4, 2013 04:31 am + 31 comments

  The question of how to tackle climate change is as complex as its potential answers are numerous. Continue reading…

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  'Planet Earth' narrator David Attenborough calls humans a 'plague on the Earth'

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2013 03:09 am + 217 comments

  Sir David Attenborough, the legendary broadcaster most famous for narrating BBC documentary series Continue reading…

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  Five planets possibly found around Tau Ceti, one in habitable zone, researchers say

  By Adi Robertson on December 19, 2012 02:25 pm + 16 comments

  Tau Ceti, one of the closest Sun-like stars to our own solar system, may support five planets, says Continue reading…

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  Astronomers uncover new information about Makemake, a dwarf planet with no atmosphere

  By Justin Rubio on November 21, 2012 06:32 pm + 9 comments

  With the help of seven telescopes in South America, scientists have uncovered new information about Continue reading…

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  Study reveals climate changes may have 'adverse consequences' for satellites

  By Justin Rubio on November 14, 2012 02:04 pm + 19 comments

  Scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory, Old Dominion University, and the University of Continue reading…

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  Researchers discover 'homeless' planet that does not orbit a star

  By Kimber Streams on November 14, 2012 11:34 am + 111 comments

  Researchers from the Université de Montréal and the European Organization for Astronomical Continue reading…

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  Researchers discover planet with four suns

  By Kimber Streams on October 15, 2012 05:11 pm + 88 comments

  Researchers believe they've found a first: a planet with four suns. Discovered by Kian Jek and Continue reading…

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  Researchers discover new diamond planet

  By Kimber Streams on October 11, 2012 01:21 pm + 107 comments

  Researchers at Yale have found the first evidence of a new diamond planet, a type of planet that Continue reading…