Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
Four days ago, NASA made an amazing announcement – the biggest discovery of exoplanets to date. According to their figures, which added 1,284 planets to the total world count, the confirmed exoplanets are now more than 3,000 (3,264, to be precise)…
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Post number five in the exoplanet series, covering this time the important aspect of size. (In case you are interested to other variables examined so far, here they are: habitability, age, distance, temperature). After that in April 2014 a Earth-size planet…
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Post number four in the exoplanet series. Among variables considered so far, planetary habitability, age and distance have taken the spotlight. Today I’m going to talk about another important factor, especially because it has a direct impact on habitability: temperature. There are…
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Keeping on the exoplanet series, after the general introduction and the presentation of the oldest one (so far) discovered, today I am going to address another interesting characteristic: distance. Distance matters, no discussion about it. I have already mentioned the importance of the…
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