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Renowned U.Va. Astronomer Bestowed French Legion of Honor

Trinh Thuan, a University of Virginia astronomy professor and author, has been named chevalier of the National Order of the French Legion of Honor, by decree of French President François Hollande.

21 Apr 2014

Earth-Like Planet Found to Orbit Habitable Zone of Cool Star

Notre Dame astrophysicist Justin R. Crepp and researchers from NASA working with the Kepler space mission have detected an Earth-like planet orbiting the habitable zone of a cool star.

21 Apr 2014

Newly Discovered Rocky Planet, Kepler-186f, May Have Liquid Water on its Surface

San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane and an international team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new rocky planet that could potentially have liquid water on its surface.

21 Apr 2014

Rapid Tilting of Exoplanets Increases Possibility of Life

A fluctuating tilt in a planet's orbit does not preclude the possibility of life, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington, Utah's Weber State University and NASA. In fact, sometimes it helps.

18 Apr 2014

NESSI May Help Find Out More About Exoplanets

The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) will soon get its first "taste" of exoplanets, helping astronomers decipher their chemical composition. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars beyond our sun.

18 Apr 2014

Proposal to Study Sun-Like Stars Wins High Altitude Observatory’s Newkirk Fellowship

Ricky Egeland had just passed an important milestone when he learned he had won a major fellowship to continue studying the sun.

18 Apr 2014

Earth-Size Planet Orbiting a Star in the ‘Habitable Zone’ Discovered

Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet.

18 Apr 2014

New Hubble Image Showcases Remarkable Cross-Section of the Universe

An image of a galaxy cluster taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope gives a remarkable cross-section of the Universe, showing objects at different distances and stages in cosmic history.

18 Apr 2014

Rochester Nuclear Physicist, Koltun, Dies at 80

Daniel S. Koltun, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Rochester who made important contributions to the field of nuclear physics, died on April 9, 2014, in Haverford, Pa. He was 80.

17 Apr 2014

New Portrait of Gum 41 Hydrogen Cloud Created Using Data from WFI on MPG/ESO 2.2-Metre Telescope

This new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile reveals a cloud of hydrogen called Gum 41. In the middle of this little-known nebula, brilliant hot young stars are giving off energetic radiation that causes the surrounding hydrogen to glow with a characteristic red hue.

17 Apr 2014

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Renowned U.Va. Astronomer Bestowed French Legion of Honor

Earth-Like Planet Found to Orbit Habitable Zone of Cool Star

Newly Discovered Rocky Planet, Kepler-186f, May Have Liquid Water on its Surface

Rapid Tilting of Exoplanets Increases Possibility of Life

NESSI May Help Find Out More About Exoplanets

Proposal to Study Sun-Like Stars Wins High Altitude Observatory’s Newkirk Fellowship

Earth-Size Planet Orbiting a Star in the ‘Habitable Zone’ Discovered

New Hubble Image Showcases Remarkable Cross-Section of the Universe

Rochester Nuclear Physicist, Koltun, Dies at 80

New Portrait of Gum 41 Hydrogen Cloud Created Using Data from WFI on MPG/ESO 2.2-Metre Telescope

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