Environmental Graffiti

Earth’s Cousins Orbiting a Distant Star

The CoRoT space mission has recently confirmed two Super Earth Planets. Much smaller than the usual exoplanets which are gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, these planets likely have rocky surfaces with large bodies of water. Environmental Graffiti gives the lowdown on these incredible new cosmic discoveries. Could life exist elsewhere in the galaxy?

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The Densest Planet

Space telescopes have catalogued a universe of previously unknown wonders and mysteries. The list still grows monthly and certainly far away planets orbiting other stars are hypnotically fascinating. Will any of these prove up as 'Earth-like' with an environment that could support DNA, cellular tissue, life-as-we-know-it?

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