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Asteroid Itokawa

By Thomas Posted 11 Feb 2014 — 0 Comment ↓
25143 Itokawa as observed by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa (JAXA)

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) New Technology Telescope (NTT) have found that different parts of the asteroid Itokawa have different densities, providing first evidence that asteroids can have a highly varied internal structure. Using very precise ground-based observations, Continue reading →

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Astronomers find tantalizing hints of a potentially habitable exoplanet

By Thomas Posted 08 Nov 2012 — 1 Comment ↓
The star HD 40307 is thought to host at least 6 exoplanet candidates… one of them well within its habitable zone. (G. Anglada/Celestia)

Located 43 light-years away in the southern constellation Pictor, the orange-colored dwarf star HD 40307 has previously been found to hold three “super-Earth” exoplanets in close orbit. Now, a team of researchers poring over data from ESO’s HARPS planet-hunting instrument Continue reading →

Posted in Exoplanets | Tagged earth-like, eso, exoplanet, harps | 1 Reply

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