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Why car exhaust and exploded star N132D may help explain origins of life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-01 11:19:03
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants found in car exhaust and cigarette smoke. They are also found in supernova remnant N132D, the material left over after an old star exploded. Scientists theorize that PAHs play an essential role in the development of life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-01 11:19:03
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants found in car exhaust and cigarette smoke. They are also found in supernova remnant N132D, the material left over after an old star exploded. Scientists theorize that PAHs play an essential role in the development of life.
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Water found in young star NGC 1333-IRAS-4B
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-30 09:16:59
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-30 09:16:59
The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has found abundant amounts of water vapor inside a young star system that could likely be forming planets. The discovery is the first of its kind—to provide direct evidence of water beginning to interact in a planet-forming star system.
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First proof of water found on planet outside Earth’s solar system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-11 22:15:10
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-11 22:15:10
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Helix nebula may hint of our fate in billions of years
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-23 09:53:28
The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a glowing dust ring around a hot white dwarf star in the center of the Helix nebula. Astronomers think that this picture could be the fate of our solar system in about five billion years when the Sun depletes its storehouse of hydrogen fuel and engulfs the Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-23 09:53:28
The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a glowing dust ring around a hot white dwarf star in the center of the Helix nebula. Astronomers think that this picture could be the fate of our solar system in about five billion years when the Sun depletes its storehouse of hydrogen fuel and engulfs the Earth.
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Molecules on exoplanets—possible precursors to life—first seen by Spitzer
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-21 19:00:46
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has collected enough light from distant planets—what are called exoplanets—to detect molecules in their atmospheres. Astronomers were not expecting to accomplish such a feat so soon in their search. Consequently, they are ecstatic about the possibility of eventually finding life on exoplanets.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-21 19:00:46
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has collected enough light from distant planets—what are called exoplanets—to detect molecules in their atmospheres. Astronomers were not expecting to accomplish such a feat so soon in their search. Consequently, they are ecstatic about the possibility of eventually finding life on exoplanets.
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