Science News for Kids » exoplanet http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Supertiny satellites launched http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/supertiny-satellites-launched/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/supertiny-satellites-launched/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:45:59 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15895 Cordell Grant, an aerospace engineer at the University of Toronto in Canada, assembles one of his team’s nanosatellites. These are the smallest space telescopes ever sent into Earth orbit. Credit: Johannes Hirn (Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto)

Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability]]> Cordell Grant, an aerospace engineer at the University of Toronto in Canada, assembles one of his team’s nanosatellites. These are the smallest space telescopes ever sent into Earth orbit. Credit: Johannes Hirn (Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto)

Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/supertiny-satellites-launched/feed/ 0 Home on the moon http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/home-on-the-moon/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/home-on-the-moon/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:56:54 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15520 Life on the moon — but not ours. This illustration shows two large moons orbiting a giant, gassy planet (in orange). Astronomers say the right type of moon could harbor alien life. Credit: R. Heller, AIP

Astronomers say rocky moons orbiting distant planets might support alien life ]]> Life on the moon — but not ours. This illustration shows two large moons orbiting a giant, gassy planet (in orange). Astronomers say the right type of moon could harbor alien life. Credit: R. Heller, AIP

Astronomers say rocky moons orbiting distant planets might support alien life ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/home-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 New planetary neighbor http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/new-planetary-neighbor/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/new-planetary-neighbor/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:37:45 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14769 Astronomers have found that our closest stellar neighbor has an Earth-sized planet orbiting it. This illustration shows what the pair might look like. Credit: ESO

Nearest star system has a world that's Earthly in size, but too hot for human visitors]]> Astronomers have found that our closest stellar neighbor has an Earth-sized planet orbiting it. This illustration shows what the pair might look like. Credit: ESO

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