Novinky o kometách, meteorech a planetkách

2013-05-15 / www.astrobio.net / Kepler Mission Down But Not Yet Out
Scientists involved in NASA s Kepler mission reported today that the telescope is in safe mode and no longer able to make observations. While not officially "dead," this may be the end of the road

2013-05-15 / www.astrobio.net / Sifting Through the Atmospheres of Far-Off Worlds
Using infrared pictures from ground-based telescopes, astronomers have collected precise information about the composition of four planets orbiting a bright star. The technique is one of many methods

2013-05-14 / schiaparelli204.wordpress.com / Discovery of cometary nature of 2013 EW90
2013 EW90 was discovered by the Tenagra survey (located near Nogales, AZ, U.S.A.) on images taken by M. Schwartz and P. R. Holvorcem with a 0.41-m f/3.75 reflector on 2013, Mar. 3. Its Tj parameter is 2.75, so it was … Continue reading →

2013-05-14 / www.astrobio.net / Dead Stars Polluted with Planet Debris
Astronomers have found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in the atmospheres of burned-out stars. The pair of white dwarfs is being polluted by asteroid-like debris.

2013-05-13 / www.astrobio.net / The Great Exoplanet Debate, part 10: The Last Word in Exoplanets
At a recent NASA conference, a panel of exoplanet scientists held a lively discussion about some of the most important issues facing the search for and understanding of planets orbiting far-distant st

2013-05-12 / www.astrobio.net / Water on Earth and Moon Came From the Same Source
A new study finds that water inside the Moon s mantle may have come from the same source that supplied most of the water on Earth. The findings provide new clues about the formation of the Moon the ea