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Science & Tech News tagged with planets

Astronomers Discover 32 New 'Exoplanets'
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Lone
- 38 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Astronomers are finding planets by the dozen. A team of European astronomers announced Monday morning that they had found 32 new "exoplanets" orbiting distant stars
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First Solid Evidence For A Rocky Exoplanet: Mass And Density Of Smallest Exoplanet Finally Measured
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Angela
- 70 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The longest set of HARPS measurements ever made has firmly established the nature of the smallest and fastest-orbiting exoplanet known, CoRoT-7b, revealing its mass as five times that of Earth's.
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'Stunning' Images of Distant Planet Sent By Kepler Scope
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Maria
- 109 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Five months after it was launched on a mission to find earth-like planets, the Kepler space telescope has sent back to Earth high-precision images of a planet some 1,000 light years away, NASA said Thursday.
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This Day in History - 4977BC: Universe Is Created, According to Kepler
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Chrissy
- 213 days ago - history.com
On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets. Kepler was born
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Stardust Sheds New Light On Origin Of Elements Of Life
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Ingrid
- 257 days ago - spacedaily.com
Using NASA's Spitzer Telescope, an international research team has found evidence that some stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy have both carbon and oxygen in the dust that surrounds them, a rare combination in galactic dust.
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The New Earth Discovered, 20 Light Years Away
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Rana
- 323 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The first planet with conditions considerably resembling the earth's found to be 20.5 light years away by scientists using telescope in the Chilean Andes. Fuels the debate about the possibility of extra- terrestrial life.
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Hubble Directly Observes A Planet Orbiting Another Star
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Ingrid
- 378 days ago - sciencedaily.com
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star.
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Cutting Life Short
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Ingrid
- 398 days ago - spacedaily.com
Planets around small mass stars may only have a billion-year window during which life can form.
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NASA Lander May Have Found Toxic Substance on Mars
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Mari
- 478 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Phoenix Mars Lander may have detected perchlorate, a potentially toxic substance used in rocket fuel, in soil samples taken from the Red Planet, NASA scientists said on Monday.
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Solar Systems Like Ours May Be Rare
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Ingrid
- 493 days ago - space.com
As humans look farther into the universe and discover more and more planets beyond the sun, many wonder how typical our own solar system is. Often astronomers in the planet-hunting business say discoveries of Earth-like worlds are just around the corner.
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Smallest Planet Shrinks in Size
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Ingrid
- 507 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft have shown.
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Planets Align for the 4th of July
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Angel
- 510 days ago - science.nasa.gov
July 1, 2008: News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky. No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds is gathering: Saturn, Mar
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Astronomers Find Batch of "Super-Earths"
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Sharon
- 527 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three "super-Earths" orbiting a nearby star, and two other solar systems with small planets as well.
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New Rocky Planet Found In Constellation Leo
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Ingrid
- 594 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Spanish and UCL (University College London) scientists have discovered a possible terrestrial-type planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Leo.
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Planet in Progress? Evidence Of A Huge Planet Forming In Star System
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Ingrid
- 610 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Astrophysicists have a new window into the formation of planets
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