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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
More than one in every hundred stars may have planets capable of supporting complex life.
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Scientists have set a new record for the most distant object ever observed - 13.14 billion light years way.
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Astronomers say they have confirmed the first ever direct image of a planet orbiting a Sun like star.
Friday, 26 March 2010
Astronomers have detected an extraterrestrial cyclone at Neptune's south pole, which may improve our understanding of the violent weather conditions that rage across the distant planet.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The race to find Earth-like planets around stars similar to our Sun progressed further with the announcement of up to six 'super-Earths' found orbiting Sun-like neighbour stars.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
The ocean's most feared predators hang out together at a deep sea watering hole between Mexico and Hawaii known as the 'White Shark Cafe', according to a new study.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
The high rate of extinction in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands is set to get worse unless urgent action is taken to protect biodiversity in the area, warn scientists.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
An international team of astronomers have detected carbon that formed one billion years after the Big Bang.
Monday, 20 April 2009
The coolest star-like object ever found outside the solar system has been spotted around 40 light-years away from Earth.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Loud, repeated blasts of sonar can cause a dolphin to temporarily lose its hearing, according to an investigation into a suspected link between naval operations and cetacean strandings.
Friday, 14 November 2008
Astronomers have captured the first direct images of a solar system of planets orbiting another star, while another group has used the Hubble space telescope to spot a planet orbiting a nearby star.
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Beyond the damage it is expected to inflict upon sensitive marine ecosystems, ocean acidification may also allow sound to travel farther underwater, creating a louder deep sea din.
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Scientists have snapped the first images of a planet outside our solar system that is orbiting a star very much like the sun.
Friday, 11 April 2008
Scientists have located the coldest brown dwarf star ever observed, an important 'missing link' among these half-planet, half-star celestial bodies, a new study shows.
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galactic collisions yet, a cluster of early galaxies caught merging into one giant galaxy when the universe was just a toddler.