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X-ray Study Shows Older Stars May be More Supportive to Life
A new study by an international team of researchers indicates that older Sun-like stars emit less harmful X-rays, a finding…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 364: The COROT Mission
Before NASA's Kepler mission searched for exoplanets using the transit method, there was the European COROT mission, launched in 2006.…
Another Exoplanet Hunting Mission Ends: CoRoT Spacecraft Can’t be Recovered
More bad news on the exoplanet-hunting front: While the final fate of the Kepler spacecraft remains unknown, the CoRoT (Convection,…
Weird Collection of Worlds in the Latest Cache of CoRoT Expoplanets
[/caption] The CoRoT (Convection, Rotation and Transits) spacecraft has been busy, and using this exoplanet-finding-machine astronomers recently found six new…
Finally, a “Normal” Exoplanet
[/caption] Chalk up another exoplanet discovery for the CoRoT satellite. But this planet, while a gas giant, could have temperatures…
Planet of Lava a Former Gas Giant
Matryoshka dolls are a popular novelty for tourists going to Russia to bring home for their children. These dolls, which…