June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
...of stars suitable for the development of intelligent life FP = The fraction of those stars with planetary systems NE = The number of planets, per solar system, with an environment suitable for life. FL = The fraction of suitable planets on which life...
12 May 2017
Warm Neptune with primitive atmosphere discovered
... how scientists think Neptune and Uranus formed in our own Solar System. "Astronomers have just begun to investigate the atmospheres of these ... of the wide diversity of planetary systems beyond our own. It's a very exciting time to be in this field."
December 2014
Finding NEO
...better understand the process of planet formation and evolution, and the relationship between our solar system and other planetary systems. However, in the process of cataloguing and characterising about five million small bodies throughout our solar...
June 2015
The real Interstellar: space travel theories from Tsiolkovsky to wormholes
... our huge galaxy, we Earthlings don’t need to send spacecraft to every star. We need only to populate about ten planetary systems in our stellar neighbourhood, in the radius of about 50 light years. The next steps in exploration will be undertaken...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
... are not just limited to singular planets. A number of multi-planet systems have also been identified, such as 55 Cancri A. Formation of an ...further analysis But how are planetary systems formed and are there any differences in the way ...
29 March 2016
To build super-Earths near host star 'dead zones' are required say researchers
From studies of extrasolar systems, it is apparent that planetary systems around other stars are as varied as the planets they contain and that no one system is like another. Nonetheless, more than half of the observed Sun-like stars in the solar ...
