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Earth-like planets are right next door

By Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Feb 6, 2013 Science/Education

Cambridge, MA – Using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets.

Alien Earths Could Form Earlier than Expected

By Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Jun 13, 2012 Science/Education

Anchorage, AK – Building a terrestrial planet requires raw materials that weren't available in the early history of the universe.

Black Hole Came From a Shredded Galaxy

By Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Feb 15, 2012 Science/Education

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a cluster of young, blue stars encircling the first intermediate-mass black hole ever discovered.