Space science
Exotic planets also have stratosphere like Earth
By the Hubble space telescope, scientists at NASA discovered the stratosphere - one of the main layers of the Earth's atmosphere, appearing on a giant, super-hot planeta…
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Space science
Discover more than 700 planets outside the solar system
The telescope of the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently discovered 715 planets outside the solar system, which could help study Earth-like planets.
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Unknown mystery about planets outside the solar system
Extraterrestrial planets (planets outside the solar system) are extremely mysterious and strange worlds, can even be extremely scary.
Space science
Detecting exoplanets based on relativity
Because of the often fainter appearance than mother stars, exoplanet planets are often found by indirect methods.
Space science
Europe will launch satellites to study planets
The European Space Agency (ESA) will launch an artificial satellite to study planets around stars near the sun in 2017.
Space science
The formation of planets in gas disks
Astronauts are now able to study the planet-forming disk around young Sun-like stars, thereby revealing the movement and distribution of gas in the inner region of the d…
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Video: Kepler's space telescope is about to run out of fuel
Kepler, the space telescope helps NASA detect 2,245 extrasolar planets, which can only be operated for a few more months due to near-exhaust.
Computer science
New software to help recreate the earth 240 million years ago
Astrophysicist Abel Mendez at Puerto Rico University has created a