How Kepler Mission Discovered a Double Sun Planet, like Tatooine
NASA's Kepler spacecraft discovered a planet orbiting the eclipsing binary star Kepler-16 every 229 days. How did astronomers make this discovery?
Sep 22, 2011
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Paul A. Heckert
The Dark Night: Foundations of Modern Astrophysics
This is the second article in a series exploring the mystery of Dark Matter and Energy and the future of astrophysics.
Jul 18, 2011
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Scott Potter
White Holes
Scientists can numerically travel back in time, but whether or not these space glitches actually exist remains an mystery of the cosmos.
May 16, 2011
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Hugh Saddler
Searching for Our Cosmic Origins
Astrophysicists find complex organic molecules in cold, dark "giant molecular clouds."
Mar 3, 2011
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Kathy Kieva
What is Escape Velocity?
What exactly are we escaping from when we reach this tremendous speed? Where are we escaping to? Can we calculate it from first principles?
Dec 15, 2010
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Bruce Bowden
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