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First Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust

First Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust

January 3, 2012 (TSR) - After extensive analyses by a team of scientists led by Carl Agee at the University of New Mexico, researchers have identified a new class of…

Scientific Facts on “Global Warming”: Changing Sun, Changing Climate?

Scientific Facts on “Global Warming”: Changing Sun, Changing Climate?

by Dr. Spencer Weart, Physicist specializing in solar physics and geophysics December 25, 2012 (TSR) - Since it is the Sun’s energy that drives the weather system, scientists naturally wondered…

Five new planets discovered just 12 light-years away

Five new planets discovered just 12 light-years away

by George Dvorsky, i09.com December 21, 2012 (TSR) - Another day, another mind-bending celestial discovery. It was only yesterday that we told you about Philip Gregory’s claim that there are…

Voyager 1 Discovers Previously Unknown “Magnetic Highway” at the Edge of the Solar System

Voyager 1 Discovers Previously Unknown “Magnetic Highway” at the Edge of the Solar System

December 6, 2012 (TSR) - A strange new phenomenon has been discovered by the Voyager 1 space probe as it comes ever closer to crossing the heliopause, the unexplored outer…

Lonely ‘homeless’ planet found for the first time (VIDEO)

Lonely ‘homeless’ planet found for the first time (VIDEO)

A young “homeless planet”, up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties, has been spotted by scientists for the very first time. …

Newfound ‘super-Earth’ could support life

Newfound ‘super-Earth’ could support life

November 9, 2012 (TSR) - Astronomers have discovered another potentially habitable planet – and it’s at least seven times the mass of Earth. Dwarf star HD 40307g hosts a system…

Earth-sized planet found orbiting Alpha Centauri, our astronomical ‘backyard’

Earth-sized planet found orbiting Alpha Centauri, our astronomical ‘backyard’

October 18, 2012 (TSR) - The faintest wobble of one of our nearest stars has revealed the presence of an planet the size of Earth, the closest yet found outside…

Diamond Planet Found—A “Whole New Class?”

Diamond Planet Found—A “Whole New Class?”

October 16, 2012 (TSR) - The universe just got a bit richer with the discovery of an apparent diamond-rich planet orbiting a nearby star. Dubbed 55 Cancri e, the rocky…

Armchair astronomers find planet in four-star system

Armchair astronomers find planet in four-star system

October 16, 2012 (TSR) - A joint effort of citizen scientists and professional astronomers has led to the first reported case of a planet orbiting twin suns that in turn…

Deity statue taken by Nazis from Tibet was carved from a meteorite

Deity statue taken by Nazis from Tibet was carved from a meteorite

October 11, 2012 (TSR) - A mysterious sculpture looted, by a Nazi expedition, from Tibet was carved from a fragment of meteorite that fell to Earth several thousand years ago…

Las Vegas: UFO ‘Secrets’ To Be Revealed In September

Las Vegas:  UFO ‘Secrets’ To Be Revealed In September

by Lee Spiegel, Huffington Post September 2, 2012 (TSR) - In just a few weeks, some kind of UFO-related secrets will be revealed at a Smithsonian Institution affiliated museum. That’s…

Star Wars “Tatooine-like”: Dual stars found with multiple planets orbiting them

Star Wars “Tatooine-like”: Dual stars found with multiple planets orbiting them

August 30, 2012 (TSR) - A double star, double planet combination was found this week by NASA’s Kepler telescope. The dual star combination, reminiscent of Tatooine in the movie Star…

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