Scientific exploration
Scientists puzzled by region outside solar system
LOS ANGELES -- A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun's influence is different and stranger than expected, scientists reported Tuesday.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Nation & World
New planet could be in habitable zone -- barely
WASHINGTON -- Astronomers believe they have found a second planet outside our solar system that seems to be in the right zone for life, just barely.But it would feel like a steam bath -- hot, sticky and beyond uncomfortable.
Date: 09/12/2011 | Nation & World
NASA spacecraft is orbiting massive asteroid
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft was captured into orbit around the massive asteroid Vesta after a 1.7 billion-mile journey and is preparing to begin a study of a surface that may date to the earliest era of the solar system, the space agency said Monday.
Date: 07/19/2011 | Nation & World
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