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Out-of-this-world atmospheres

By Stephen Ornes / March 29, 2013

This illustration depicts the planet HR 8799c (foreground) orbiting its star. Two other planets in the system can also be seen in the drawing.
Credit: Image courtesy of Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics; Mediafarm

Light from a distant, giant world offers clues to the gases in its atmosphere

Posted in Space | Tagged astronomy, atmosphere, Ben Oppenheimer, Earth, exoplanets, getinvolved, HR 8799, infrared, Jonathan Fortney, light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Neptune, planets, Quinn Konopacky, radiation, Santa Cruz, Saturn, Smithsonian Institution, space, spectral lines, spectrometry, topstories, University of California, University of Toronto

Life beyond Earth

By Stephen Ornes / June 27, 2012

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Are we alone? Scientists search for an extraterrestrial answer

Posted in Space | Tagged alien, Allen Telescope Array, Arecibo Radio Telescope, Douglas Vakoch, Europa, exoplanets, extraterrestrial, extremophiles, feature, Frank Drake, Jamie Foster, Jill Tarter, Kepler, SETI