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Moons Aren’t Needed, After All

On: November 17, 2011

Galaxies may be churning out planets at an astounding rate, but astronomers now know that they don’t need to look for planets with moons in order to determine if a planet may harbor life–they’ve decided that moons are no longer needed. This means that the universe may be teeming with living planets.
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Hundreds of Tiny Milky Ways

On: November 15, 2011

Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of tiny, young galaxies that are brimming with star formation. Most of these galaxies are a hundred times less massive than the Milky Way, yet they churned out stars at a furious pace. However, it’s a mystery why these newly found dwarf galaxies were making batches of stars at such a high rate.
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