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[ad_1] Data: PHL’s Exoplanet Catalog. Note: Earth Similarity Index was introduced by Schulze-Makuch et. al., Astrobiology, 2011. ESI is calculated with respect to a planet’s size and the energy received by its …

[ad_1] Artistic representation of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope at work, identifying exoplanets. Credit: NASA NASA's Kepler exoplanet champion Telescope's reign is expected to end this month, according to an update from the …

[ad_1] NASA and NOAA satellites measure vegetation on Earth from space to produce images like this showing plant life from April 2012 to April 2013. Credit: NASA / NOAA The rise of …

[ad_1] WWhen Gustav Holst wrote his sequel Planets a century ago, the components of the solar system were little known: each of his planetary portraits was more inspired by astrology and Roman …

[ad_1] 100 years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The planets, by Gustav Holst, created on this date in 1918. The sequel in seven movements, representing planets from our solar …

[ad_1] When The Planets was completed in 1916, little was known about the physical nature of the musically represented worlds of Gustav Holst, and he did not care. His focus was on …

[ad_1] The most recent NASA planetary hunter probably found his first planetand a few days later, his second. Astronomers await independent confirmation from other telescopes, but the glut of new planets could …

[ad_1] CIt has long been known that consumers travel far to find inspiration. Mendelssohn went to the remote island of Staffa in Scotland to write his opening on the Hebrides, while Messiaen …

[ad_1] Jim Sharkey September 23, 2018 The exoplanet surveillance satellite in transit captured this band of stars and galaxies in the southern sky for a period of 30 minutes on August 7th. …

[ad_1] NASA telescope discovers two new planets ORLANDO: An orbital planetary research telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system has discovered two distant planets this week, five months after its …