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Planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects
Jan 21, 2015 (SPX)
Australian Research Council, UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, Royal Society, UK Natural Environment Research Council, National Aeronautics and Spac...
Three nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby star
Jan 20, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, despite being hobbled by the loss of critical guidance systems, has discovered a star with three planets only slightly larger tha...
Planets outside our solar system more hospitable to life than thought
Jan 20, 2015 (SPX)
A study by astrophysicists at the University of Toronto suggests that exoplanets - planets outside our solar system - are more likely to have liquid water and b...
Three-Planet System Holds Clues to Atmospheres of Earth-size Worlds
Jan 19, 2015 (SPX)
Extrasolar planets are being discovered by the hundreds, but are any of these newfound worlds really like Earth? A planetary system recently discovered by the K...
A twist on planetary origins
Jan 15, 2015 (SPX)
Meteors that have crashed to Earth have long been regarded as relics of the early solar system. These craggy chunks of metal and rock are studded with chondrule...
Meteorites weren't exactly the building blocks of young planets
Jan 15, 2015 (UPI)
That meteorites and their collisions with early planetary masses played a predominant role in the formation of the early universe is a narrative popular among a...
NASA releases retro-styled travel posters for newly discovered planets
Jan 14, 2015 (UPI)
As a unique way to draw attention to the increasing number of exoplanets discovered by the repaired and reinvigorated Kepler, NASA published three throwback tra...
NameExoWorlds contest opens
Jan 14, 2015 (SPX)
The first ever contest allowing members of the public to name ExoWorlds begins its first round today, offering the registered clubs and non-profit organisations...
Ground-breaking research to discover new planets
Jan 14, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have partnered with leading astrophysicists across Europe for a ground-breaking space research project that will form...
CfA: Eight New Planets Found in Goldilocks Zone
Jan 07, 2015 (SPX)
Astronomers have announced that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist o...
Gemini Planet Imager produces stunning observations in its first year
Jan 07, 2015 (SPX)
Stunning exoplanet images and spectra from the first year of science operations with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) were featured in a press conference at the 2...
Eight new planets found in 'Goldilocks' zone
Jan 07, 2015 (SPX)
Astronomers have announced that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist o...
Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery
Jan 07, 2015 (JPL)
How many stars like our sun host planets like our Earth? NASA's Kepler Space Telescope continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system, a...
Volunteer 'Disk Detectives' Classify Possible Planetary Habitats
Jan 07, 2015 (JPL)
A NASA-sponsored website designed to crowdsource analysis of data from the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has reached an impressive...
NASA closer than ever to finding Earth's 'twin'
Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)
NASA is closer than ever to finding a twin for the Earth, astronomers said Tuesday, announcing the discovery of eight new planets that circle in the habitable z...
Super-Earths Have Long-Lasting Oceans
Jan 05, 2015 (SPX)
For life as we know it to develop on other planets, those planets would need liquid water, or oceans. Geologic evidence suggests that Earth's oceans have existe...
New Instrument Reveals Recipe For Other Earths
Jan 05, 2015 (SPX)
How do you make an Earth-like planet? The "test kitchen" of Earth has given us a detailed recipe, but it wasn't clear whether other planetary systems would foll...
Stretched-out solid exoplanets
Dec 29, 2014 (SPX)
Astronomers could soon be able to find rocky planets stretched out by the gravity of the stars they orbit, according to a group of researchers in the United Sta...
Kepler Proves It Can Still Find Planets
Dec 21, 2014 (SPX)
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the report of the Kepler spacecraft's death was greatly exaggerated. Despite a malfunction that ended its primary mission in May 2013,...
NASA's Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission
Dec 19, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft makes a comeback with the discovery of the first exoplanet found using its new mission -- K2. The discovery was made whe...
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