Magazine Articles

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The Race to Find Alien Earths by Camille M. Carlisle - Sky & Telescope, January 2009. The article talks about the effort to find extra solar planets that are more Earth-like in that they are small enough to have solid, rocky surfaces and also hold a substantial atmosphere.

Improbable Planets by Michael W. Werner and Michael A. Jura - Scientific American, June 2009. Astronomers are finding planets orbiting stars that you wouldn't expect to have any planets.

The Day the Earth Came to Life by James Trefil and Wanda O'Brien-Trefil - Astronomy Magazine, September 2009. Scientists want to know living things arose out of non-living matter.

Epsilon Aurigae: Astronomy's Longest Running Mystery Show by Robert Zimmerman - Astronomy Magazine, October 2009. New technology may soon tell us what kind of unknown object is dimming this star's light every 27 years.

Dawn of the Black Holes by Andrew Grant - Discover Magazine, December 2009. New evidence shows that black holes were essential in creating the structure of the early universe.

How Astronomers Probe Weather on Exoplanets by Robert Zimmerman - Astronomy Magazine, February 2010. Astronomers are now able to begin the study of an exoplanet's atmosphere.

NASA Slams the Moon by J. Kelly Beatty - Sky & Telescope, February 2010. A NASA mission called LCROSS for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite showed us last year that there is water on the moon.

Is the Sun an Oddball Star? by Bruce Dorminey - Astronomy Magazine, June 2010. Scientists are having a hard time finding another star quite like our own Sun.

Cosmic Blueprint of Life by Andrew Grant - Discover Magazine, November 2010. Article has to do with talking about chemical reactions taking place in space and may have helped get life started on Earth and perhaps elsewhere in the universe.

Is Anybody Out There? by Michael D. Lemonick - Time Magazine, November 8, 2010. The article talks about all the extra-solar planet discoveries and the hope to find that one Earth-like planet that can support life.

Where Did Earth's Water Come From? by Kristina Grifantini - Sky and Telescope, January 2011. The article seeks to explain the true source of Earth's water.

The Stars That Host Planets by John D. Johnson - Sky and Telescope, April 2011. The article discusses the planet hosting stars and the clues they offer about the planets that orbit them.

Beyond the Event Horizon by Steve Nadis - Discover Magazine, June 2011. Interesting new information about the black holes that exist in the center of galaxies.

Understanding Antimatter by Alexander Hellemans - Astronomy Magazine - August 2011. Interested in reading about antimatter? Read this article about why some matter survived after most of the universe converted into energy shortly after its beginning.

Atmosphere of Mars Supersaturated with Water - Astronomy Magazine - January 2012 Astro news section. Scientists announce that the atmosphere of Mars in places is almost bursting with water vapor.