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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

X Rated New Method

Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking [...]

In the early hours Monday morning, the sun exploded to life with an X1.7 flare -- the biggest of the year, so far.

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