Diet Rich in Olive Oil Can Help Keep Heart Healthy To keep heart healthy doctors recommend that you keep an eye on your cholesterol levels. But there are two main types of cholesterol – LDL or bad cholesterol and HDL, also known as good cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is bad because it builds up on artery […]
Olive Oil Key to a Healthy Heart? – Black Holes – Liquid H2O on Mars?
Posted February 13th, 2017 at 4:20 pm (UTC-4)
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Oxygen on Exoplanet; Smaller Universe; Intergalactic Tan
Posted August 19th, 2016 at 4:15 pm (UTC-4)
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Nearby Exoplanet’s Atmosphere May Contain Oxygen In November 2015, scientists discovered a Venus-like planet that’s only 39 light years away, called Gliese 1132b. The planet is thought to have an atmosphere, despite having a blistering temperature of more than 230° degrees Celsius, since it orbits its red dwarf star from a distance of only 2.25 […]
Calling ET: NASA Expands Search for Alien Life
Posted April 27th, 2015 at 10:48 pm (UTC-4)
The search for life beyond our own solar system has taken a major step forward with a new interdisciplinary research coalition devoted to the search for life in the cosmos. Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) will be made up of research teams from several NASA facilities, 10 U.S. universities and two research institutions, according […]
Coldest-Ever Brown Dwarf Star Discovered
Posted April 28th, 2014 at 6:21 pm (UTC-4)
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The coldest-ever brown dwarf star has been found about 7 light-years away from Earth and could help scientist learn more about the atmospheres of planets. Brown dwarfs are objects that are too big to be planets, but too small to be considered stars. They begin their lives like stars, but since their mass is so […]
Astronomers Spot Snow in Deep Space
Posted July 19th, 2013 at 8:01 pm (UTC-4)
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New fallen snow on a crisp winter morning can be a beautiful and inspiring sight. But astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile got really got a real thrill recently when they saw and imaged a snow fall in a very young solar system some 175 light years from Earth. The […]
Science Images of the Week
Posted December 26th, 2012 at 3:59 pm (UTC-4)
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