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You Think Life on Earth is Tough!

Posted by Warren Wong on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, In : exo-planets 
Journey to this system to see what life would be like

Take a journey to the beginning of the universe and view exo-planets that might be more like death-planets for humans

You might find life to be a little harder here

Planets circling twin stars close in proximity could be a real tough place for life to begin, according to the conclusions of a study conducted using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Space scientists using NASA's infrared observatory recently found what ...


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Something Unusual, Something New

Posted by Warren Wong on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Star Astronomy 
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Supernovas are some of the most powerful and visually striking events observed during the human voyage to the beginning of the universe. Releasing more energy in a single moment than Sol will over its entire lifetime, a supernova is luminous enough to shine brighter in the night sky than entire galaxies during one moment in space and time, before slowly fading from view over several weeks or months. The force of a supernova expels a large percentage of a star's mass into the darknes...

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