Cosmology – Page 18

Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought
By the Editor on September 18, 2012
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel — a concept popularized in television’s Star Trek — may not be...
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Orbiter Spots ‘Dry Ice’ Snowflakes Falling on Mars
By the Editor on September 18, 2012
A spacecraft orbiting Mars has detected carbon dioxide snow falling on the Red Planet, making Mars the only body...
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What Is the Smallest Thing in the Universe?
By the Editor on September 17, 2012
The answer to the enduring question of the smallest thing in the universe has evolved along with humanity. People...
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Strange Mystery Spheres on Mars Baffle Scientists
By the Editor on September 17, 2012
A strange picture of odd, spherical rock formations on Mars from NASA’s Opportunity rover has scientists scratching their heads...
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First Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in a Cluster
By the Editor on September 15, 2012
NASA-funded astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars. The...
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Will We Be the First Martians?
By the Editor on September 14, 2012
People have dreamed of colonizing the Red Planet for more than a century. USA Today takes a look at...
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Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center
By the Editor on September 13, 2012
At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form...
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Weird Exoplanets Could Harbor Weird Life
By the Editor on September 13, 2012
New research indicates that life might be able to survive on some of the odder exoplanets discovered so far...
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Cameras to Focus on Dark Energy
By the Editor on September 12, 2012
A pair of detectors that measure minute distortions in images of distant galaxies will probe the riddle of cosmic...
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How Did Mars Lose its Atmosphere?
By the Editor on September 12, 2012
Mars wasn’t always the Red Planet. Eons ago, it is possible that Mars was as lush as Earth is...
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