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NASA confirms the discovery of a rocky exoplanet just 21 light years away
Posted in Science on 1st Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Planets like this, known as super-Earths, are ubiquitous throughout the galaxy.
Big Rip will end the universe, scientists claim
Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
The Big Rip is that eventually even the constituents of matter would start separating from each other. All the atoms would be ripped apart.
Even 11+ Billion-Year-Old Stars Have Earth-Like Planets
Posted in Science on 1st Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
A clear indication that such planets have formed in the Milky Way long before the Earth.
Astronomers spot first-generation stars, made from the big bang
Posted in Featured, Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Made of essentially only hydrogen and helium, these population III stars are predicted to be enormous in size and to live fast and die young.
All systems go for construction of world's largest optical telescope
Posted in Hardware on 4th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
When fully operational, the Giant Magellan Telescope will look further into space and farther back in time than any telescope ever made.