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10/5/12 Technological development continuously allows for advances in the area of astrobiology. For the first time, scientists have picked up the emission from a super-Earth which has been given the name 55 Cancri e.
1/19/12 The Kepler space telescope has made possible the observation of two exoplanets orbiting the remains of a red giant. The planets are very close to their sun and typically the same size as the Earth.
11/10/11 Measuring the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is not easy. For the first time, a harmonisation procedure has been adopted, revealing some surprises.
10/27/11 Observation by the Belgian telescope TRAPPIST of the occultation of a star by Eris, a dwarf planet which caused Pluto to lose its status as a planet, has caused some surprises.
7/22/11 Although considered as Earth’s twin, Venus shows itself to be a hostile environment where a strange luminous phenomenon known as “airglow” is produced.
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