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Astronomers Discover That Stars and Planets May Form and Evolve as Siblings
A radio telescope has found evidence that planets might form at the same time as their stars, instead of much later as was previously thought. The telescope detected dark rings ...
January 26, 2021
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Astronomers May Have Found an Earth-Like Exoplanet Orbiting a Sun-Like Star
Some 3,000 light-years away from Earth, researchers believe they have found an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star. ...
June 5, 2020
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NASA Announces 7 New Planets (Video)
Scientists confirmed the existence of seven new planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1.
February 22, 2017
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Potentially Habitable Planet Found Only 4 Light Years Away
A planet has been found in the habitable zone of the closest star to Earth aside from our ...
August 24, 2016
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The Long Hunt for New Objects in Our Expanding Solar System
Astronomers are finding new exoplanets in other parts of the galaxy all the time. So why is it ...
February 9, 2016
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The Five Most Earth-Like Exoplanets (So Far)
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read that the “first Earth-like exoplanet” has been discovered.
November 19, 2015
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Andrew Norton
New Planet Hunting Telescopes See Success in First Year
Stunning exoplanet images and spectra from the first year of science operations with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) ...
January 12, 2015
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Newly Discovered Exoplanets are Most Earth-Like Ones Ever Found (Video)
Two new exoplanets discovered via NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope are more like our own planet than any far-off ...
January 8, 2015
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NASA’s Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft makes a comeback with the discovery of the first exoplanet found using its new ...
December 18, 2014
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It’s Hot Enough on This Exoplanet to Melt Steel
The most detailed weather map ever made of an exoplanet orbiting another star 260 light-years away from Earth ...
October 11, 2014
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To Find Alien Life, Search for Planets With Sidekicks
Exoplanets roughly the size of Earth may be more likely to support life if they have companion planets. ...
August 10, 2014
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Peter Kelley
Exoplanets Made of Diamonds: Do They Exist?
Scientists believe most exoplanets, which are located far beyond our solar system, are composed of elements similar to ...
May 25, 2014
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Eric Gershon
Search for Alien Life Could Remain Fruitless, Study Finds
Given that we are unlikely to be visiting an exoplanet any time soon, astronomers have been contemplating whether ...
May 2, 2014
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Akshat Rathi
A Different Spin – Exoplanet’s ‘Day’ Is Measured for the First Time
Over the past two decades, almost 1,500 exoplanets have been discovered orbiting distant stars – but Dutch astronomers ...
May 2, 2014
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Jonti Horner
Move Over Exoplanets, Exomoons May Harbour Life Too
In the Star Wars universe, everyone’s favourite furry aliens, the Ewoks, famously lived on the “forest moon of ...
April 25, 2014
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Andrew Norton
Is Earth-Sized Exoplanet Just Right for Life?
Astronomers have for the first time discovered a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet that might hold liquid water—a necessary ingredient ...
April 22, 2014
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Nicole Casal Moore
Telescope Apps Help Amateurs Hunt for Exoplanets
People around the world are being invited to learn how to hunt for planets, using two new online ...
April 15, 2014
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Stefano Meschiari
New Planet-Like Body Found Sneaking Through the Inner Oort Cloud
A new, planet-like body has been found on the outer edges of the solar system. This object, called ...
March 29, 2014
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Akshat Rathi
Gemini Planet Imager – a New Eye to Scan the Sky for Exoplanets
There is excitement in astronomy and planetary science departments worldwide as the new Gemini Planet Imager turns its ...
March 23, 2014
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Peter Tuthill
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