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3D Solar System Scope Simulator
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, space, science, tech, stars, night-sky, 3D, model, simulation, planets, interesting, simulator, solar-system, universe )

PinkMindy
- 165 days ago - syix.com
Interactive 3D model of our Solar System Planets and Night Sky with individual star identification. Using this you no longer need a high-powered telescope. Control your date-time observations zooming in and out with alternate views. Cool stuff that rocks!
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Astronomers Discover 18 Huge New Alien Planets
Science & Tech  (tags: space exploration, planets, astronomy )

Freya
- 174 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets, all of them Jupiter-size gas giants that circle stars bigger than our sun, a new study reports.
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Alien City Lights Could Signal E.T. Planets
Science & Tech  (tags: Alien, City, Lights, Could, Signal E.T., Planets )

Agnes
- 190 days ago - space.com
Astronauts in orbit around the Earth often gaze down on a world lit at night by city lights. Now researchers suggest that scientists could detect alien civilizations from similarly bright lights.
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Extra Giant Planet May Have Dwelled in Our Solar System | Solar System Planets & Moons | Planet Formation & Evolution | Space.Co
Science & Tech  (tags: Astronomy, Planets, study, space, research, investigation, scientists, science, news, world )

Elizabeth
- 195 days ago - space.com
Within our solar system, an extra giant planet, or possibly two, might once have accompanied Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. Computer models showing how our solar system formed suggested the planets once gravitationally slung one another across space
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Planets Without Orbits? 'Exciting' Study Finds Jupiter-Size Objects
Science & Tech  (tags: planets, space, discovery )

Ralph R
- 372 days ago - ww2.cox.com
Are these planets without orbits? Astronomers have found 10 potential planets as massive as Jupiter wandering through a slice of the Milky Way galaxy, following either very wide orbits or no orbit at all. And scientists think they are more common than the
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Ring 'Ripples' in Saturn and Jupiter Linked to Comets
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, astronomy, planets, solar system, Saturn's rings, Jupiter's rings, comets, space )

Beatrice
- 416 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Scientists say that strange ripples observed in the ring systems of Saturn and Jupiter were caused by comets. The ripples, which the researchers say resemble the undulations of corrugated metal, were detected in both Saturn's rings and in Jupiter's
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10 Awesome TED Talks for Space Junkies
Science & Tech  (tags: TED Talk, Space Junkies, Planets, Space, Galaxy )

Katie
- 446 days ago - onlinecollegesanduniversities.net
While the staggering majority of people in today's age will likely never explore anything past the planet's boundaries, they can tune in to expert presentations and browse literally thousands of free deep space telescope images.
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Alien View of Earth Shapes Search for New Worlds
Science & Tech  (tags: Alien, Earth Shapes, Science, World, Planets, NASA )

Nancy
- 457 days ago - news.discovery.com
Wondering if any of the Milky Way's 50 billion planets are similar to Earth? A team of astronomers has figured out which colors of light future telescopes should look for.
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Space Telescope Spots Odd New Solar System
Science & Tech  (tags: Solar System, Discovery, NASA, Planets, Kepler-11, Exoplanets )

Dima
- 478 days ago - reuters.com
Astronomers have spotted a strange new solar system with small "puffy" planets packed in close orbit to their sun.
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Chances of Finding Aliens Given a Boost After Nasa Finds Evidence of Over 1,200 MORE Planets - and 54 of Them May Be Able to Sup
Science & Tech  (tags: Planets, space, aliens, life, Nasa, solar system )

Anna
- 478 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The chances of finding alien life were given a boost last night after Nasa revealed it had found evidence of more than 1,200 planets in orbit around far distant stars.If the findings are confirmed, it will more than triple the number of known planets outs
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The Planets That Missed the Memo About How to Orbit | New Planets
Science & Tech  (tags: Planets, Space, Orbit, Stars, Galaxy )

Katie
- 480 days ago - discovermagazine.com
Ever since astronomers started finding planets orbiting other stars, they have been learning just how rich and peculiar the cosmos can be
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Man Uses Computers to Discover Four Planets
Science & Tech  (tags: planets, computer, discover, students )

Suzane
- 507 days ago - news.cnet.com
Well, should sporting prowess have passed you by, or should you have suffered an unfortunate career-ending injury on a night out with some foreign language students, perhaps you might might use your computer to discover a planet or two.
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Sun Flower: The Cosmos in Pics
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, discovery, interesting, space, scientists, cosmos, stars, planets, sunspots )

Christina
- 559 days ago - zoenature.org
Thousands of spicules are converging on a sunspot, seen at the bottom left of the photo, where they briefly take the shape of a flower. Each spicule lasts about five minutes until the gas peaks and falls back down to the sun.
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We Are Not Alone: One in Four Stars 'May Have Earth-Like Planets in Orbit Around Them'
Science & Tech  (tags: Planets, Earth, research, astronomers, science, stars )

Nancy
- 575 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Researchers who studied stars similar to the Sun found that almost one in four could have small, rocky planets just like the Earth.
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Solar System With Seven Planets and a 'Sun' Found
Science & Tech  (tags: space exploration, planets, sun, solar system )

Anna
- 640 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A solar system containing up to seven planets orbiting a sun-like star has been detected 127 light years from Earth.The planetary system is believed to be the largest ever discovered beyond the sun.Astronomers have confirmed the presence of five planets..
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