But its discovery offers observational proof that small planets can exist at close distances to their host stars. (newscientist.com)
Now scientists from the Technische Universität München (TUM), Stockholm University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo and University of Amsterdam have obtained for the first time a direct observational proof of the presence of dark matter in the innermost part the Milky Way, including at the Earth's location and in our own «cosmic neighborhood». (sciencedaily.com)
Ted Scambos of the University of Colorado at Boulder and colleagues analyzed the satellite imagery of the ice shelf's demise and found substantial observational proof for a theory of ice disintegration first proposed more than two decades ago. (scientificamerican.com)