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 Methane Found on Far-off Planet

Compound, crucial ingredient in early-life chemistry, detected 63 light years away

BBC BBC Mar 19, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Methane, one of the simplest compounds known to play a role in the chemical genesis of life, was discovered for the first time to exist on a planet outside Earth’s solar system, the BBC reports. The planet, designated HD 189733b, is 63 light years away and also contains water, but is far too hot to support life as we know it. More »

Spectacular Show Awaits Sky Gazers

Venus and Jupiter
to converge, and the
moon drops in, too

Space.com Space.com Jan 26, 08 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Sky gazers have an exceptional show awaiting them over the next couple of weeks, Space.com reports, and the most striking celestial sights will be in the early morning. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, will converge, forming a spectacular "double planet" low in the dawn light, and a few mornings later, the moon will drop by to join them. More »

More about:  space • astronomy • moon • planet • Jupiter • Venus

NASA Probe Gets Lucky with Jupiter Flyby

Spacecraft New Horizons sees storms and supervolcanoes

CNET CNET Oct 9, 07 10:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Horizons, the robotic probe destined to reach Pluto in 2015, took some exciting photos when it flew within 1.4 million miles of Jupiter last February. Data from the fruitful detour for NASA’s fastest spacecraft will be published in Science this month. Highlights include photos of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and a supervolcano erupting, CNET reports. More »

More about:  NASA • space • Jupiter • Pluto

Meet Frank, Saturn's 60th Moon

Planet's latest addition sparks search for more

BBC BBC Jul 20, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered Saturn’s 60th moon, and are hinting that more could exist. In May, cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft captured the “extremely faint object,” which scientists have officially designated a moon and tentatively named Frank. Composed mostly of ice and rock, Frank is about a mile wide and orbits between two other Saturnian moons, Methone and Pallene. More »

More about:  NASA • space • European Space Agency • Saturn • satellites • Cassini • Jupiter • International Astronomical Union • moons

Planet with Water Discovered

HD 189733b holds superheated water vapor but is too hot for aliens

Yahoo! Yahoo! Jul 11, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers located the first planet beyond our solar system that hosts water—a giant gas ball bigger than Jupiter and named HD 189733b. Its sizzling climate, which can reach upwards of 3,600 degrees, renders it uninhabitable to any extraterrestrials, but the discovery shows that water is more common in outer space than previously thought. More »

More about:  NASA • space • water • discovery • extraterrestrial life • planet • European Space Agency • aliens • light • Jupiter • Spitzer orbiting telescope

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