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NASA Simulates Artificial Alien Environment, Shows How To Find Life Beyond Earth

Sep 14, 2014 07:51 AM EDT

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully simulated an artificial alien environment that encourages astronomers to search for life on other planets.

Solar Flare Brings On Rare US Northern Lights Display

dweisman |

Sep 13, 2014 03:33 AM EDT

The Northern Lights this time were visible during the evening along the East Coast from Maine to Maryland and throughout the upper Midwest from Iowa to Michigan.

Sun Erupts With Powerful Earth-Aimed Solar Flare

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 11, 2014 06:47 AM EDT

The large flare, which was ejected from a region of the sun facing the Earth, affected radio communications in the upper atmosphere.

New Planet Forms 355 Light Years from Earth

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 05, 2014 05:41 AM EDT

This prospective planet is the second one that researchers have observed orbiting the star.

Formation of Planets Witnessed by Scientists

Paula Marie Navarra |

Aug 30, 2014 02:22 PM EDT

Astronomers for the first time have detected a distant young star's dust eruption that might be the result of the collision of large asteroids leading to the formation of a new planet. This might lead to a better understanding of how lanets took shape in our own solar system, scientists said

Scientists Discover One of the Universe's First Stars

Ana Verayo |

Aug 22, 2014 08:17 AM EDT

This star is unique from all the others because it has a very peculiar chemical pattern not found in previous stars before.

A sky map from Slooh shows the path of Near Earth-Asteroid 2014 HQ124, or The Beast

Massive Earth-Killer Asteroid will Just Miss the Earth

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Jun 06, 2014 06:48 AM EDT

It's the size of a Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier.

Mega-Earth: Kepler Space Telescope Finds Planet 17 Times The Size Of Earth

Lemuel Cacho |

Jun 03, 2014 04:43 PM EDT

Astronomers have recently discovered a world 17 times the size of Earth and call it a 'Mega-Earth."

Landmark Computer Model Reproduces the Evolution of the Entire Universe

Robert Sarkanen |

May 08, 2014 09:11 AM EDT

Despite huge advances in technology, no single computer model simulation has been able to reproduce the complexity and immensity of the start and evolution of the known universe. Until now.

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