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Oddball planet raises questions about origins of 'hot Jupiters'
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
For centuries, the solar system was viewed as a standard blueprint for planetary systems in the universe, with a star (our sun) at the center of a circular trac...
Most eccentric planet ever known flashes astronomers with reflected light
Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)
Led by San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane, a team of researchers has spotted an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boas...
VLA shows earliest stages of planet formation
Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)
New images of a young star made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) reveal what scientists think may be the very earliest stages in the formation of ...
VLA observes earliest stages of planet formation
Mar 17, 2016 (UPI)
New stellar imagery showcases what scientists believe are the earliest stages of planet formation. The star HL Tau, which lies 450 million light-years from Eart...
Where to Look for Habitability
Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)
One of the main goals of exoplanet surveys like the Kepler mission is to find potentially habitable planets orbiting other stars. Finding planets in a star's ha...
Star eruptions create and scatter elements with Earth-like composition
Mar 13, 2016 (SPX)
Observations made with NASA's flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) indicate that nova eruptions create elements that...
Astronomers discover two new 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets
Mar 13, 2016 (UPI)
A team of Chilean astronomers have identified two new "hot Jupiter" exoplanets using data collected by NASA's Kepler probe. Researchers described their discover...
NASA's K2 mission: Kepler second chance to shine
Mar 11, 2016 (JPL)
The engineers huddled around a telemetry screen, and the mood was tense. They were watching streams of data from a crippled spacecraft more than 50 million mile...
Sharpest view ever of dusty disc around aging star
Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)
As they approach the ends of their lives many stars develop stable discs of gas and dust around them. This material was ejected by stellar winds, whilst the sta...
Evidence found for unstable heavy element at solar system formation
Mar 07, 2016 (SPX)
University of Chicago scientists have discovered evidence in a meteorite that a rare element, curium, was present during the formation of the solar system. This...
Imaging Technique May Help Discover Earth-Like Planets Around Other Stars
Feb 26, 2016 (SPX)
One of the biggest quests in astrophysics is to find Earth-like planets around other stars - places where life may exist. Regular telescopes are not good at dir...
Newly discovered planet in the Hyades cluster could shed light on planetary evolution
Feb 25, 2016 (SPX)
University of Texas at Austin astronomer Andrew Mann and colleagues have discovered a planet in a nearby star cluster which could help astronomers better unders...
Imaging technique may help discover Earth-like planets
Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)
One of the biggest quests in astrophysics is to find Earth-like planets around other stars - places where life may exist. Regular telescopes are not good at dir...
Longest-Lasting Stellar Eclipse Discovered
Feb 19, 2016 (SPX)
Imagine living on a world where, every 69 years, the sun disappears in a near-total eclipse that lasts for three and a half years. That is just what happens in ...
Astronomers take images of an exoplanet changing over time
Feb 19, 2016 (SPX)
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers at the University of Arizona have taken the first direct, time-resolved images of an exoplanet. Their results w...
Hubble Directly Measures Rotation of Cloudy 'Super-Jupiter'
Feb 19, 2016 (SPX)
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its atmosphere. Th...
First detection of super-earth atmosphere
Feb 17, 2016 (ESA)
For the first time astronomers were able to analyse the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the class known as super-Earths. Using data gathered with the NASA/ESA Hub...
Volcanoes Light Up Atmospheres of Small Exoplanets
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
Geologic activity on a planet is believed to be very important for life, but it can be hard to spot its signs from far away - especially on smaller, rocky plane...
Planet formation around binary star
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
Using ALMA, astronomers have taken a new, detailed look at the very early stages of planet formation around a binary star. Embedded in the outer reaches of a do...
Proto-planet has 2 masters
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
A Rice University researcher will discuss images that may show the formation of a planet - or a planetary system - around a distant binary star at the annual me...
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