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NASA, Texas astronomers find first multi-planet system around a binary star

Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)

NASA's Kepler mission has found the first multi-planet solar system orbiting a binary star, characterized in large part by University of Texas at Austin astrono...

Evaporating Planet Has a Comet Tail

Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)

Dutch astronomers have found clear evidence that a faraway exoplanet is falling apart. New analysis of data from NASA's Kepler satellite shows that this exoplan...

Planet search moves to Antarctica

Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)

Chinese astronomers say they are using survey instruments in Antarctica to search actively for Earth-like planets that may sustain life. The installed the first...

Search for alien life gets boost at twin star

Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)

The universe is looking increasingly crowded as scientists Tuesday announced the first proof twin stars can host multiple planets -- boosting their search for a...

First Evidence Discovered of Planet's Destruction by Its Star

Aug 21, 2012 (SPX)

The first evidence of a planet's destruction by its aging star has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. The evidence indicates that the miss...

Exoplanet hosting stars give further insights on planet formation

Aug 20, 2012 (SPX)

An international team, led by EXOEarths researchers (Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto - CAUP), proposes that metals like Magnesium might have an i...

Five Potential Habitable Exoplanets Now

Aug 08, 2012 (SPX)

New data suggests the confirmation of the exoplanet Gliese 581g and the best candidate so far of a potential habitable exoplanet. The nearby star Gliese 581 is ...

RIT Leads Development of Next-generation Infrared Detectors

Jul 27, 2012 (SPX)

Cheaper, larger and better infrared detectors grown on silicon wafers could give more scientists access to infrared astronomy and further spur the hunt for exop...

UCF Discovers Exoplanet Neighbor

Jul 19, 2012 (SPX)

The University of Central Florida has detected what could be its first planet, only two-thirds the size of Earth and located right around the corner, cosmically...

Can Astronomers Detect Exoplanet Oceans

Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)

Given the plethora of confirmed exoplanets, many researchers have turned their attention to studying these strange new worlds in greater detail. With several ex...

The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Dust

Jul 10, 2012 (JPL)

Imagine if the rings of Saturn suddenly disappeared. Astronomers have witnessed the equivalent around a young sun-like star called TYC 8241 2652. Enormous amoun...

Study in Nature sheds new light on planet formation

Jul 06, 2012 (SPX)

A study published in the July 5 edition of the journal Nature is challenging scientists' understanding of planet formation, suggesting that planets might form m...

New Instrument Sifts Through Starlight to Reveal New Worlds

Jul 06, 2012 (SPX)

An advanced telescope imaging system that started taking data last month is the first of its kind capable of spotting planets orbiting suns outside of our solar...

Planet-Forming Disk Turns Off Lights, Locks Doors

Jul 06, 2012 (SPX)

That surprise you feel when your favorite store turns off its lights, locks up its doors, and suddenly, for no apparent reason, goes out of business? That's jus...

Innovative technique enables scientists to learn more about elusive exoplanet

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

One of the first planets discovered outside of the Solar System, Tau Bootis b, has eluded numerous attempts to measure the light coming from its atmosphere and ...

New Planet-weighing Technique Found

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

Although there have been about 800 extra-solar planets discovered so far in our galaxy, the precise masses of the majority of them are still unknown, as the mos...

Dramatic change spotted on a faraway planet

Jul 02, 2012 (SPX)

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have seen dramatic changes in the upper atmosphere of a faraway planet. Just after a violent flare on its ...

New Way of Probing Exoplanet Atmospheres

Jun 28, 2012 (SPX)

For the first time a clever new technique has allowed astronomers to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet in detail - even though it does not pass in front of i...

Forgotten Star Cluster Useful For Solar Science And Search for Earth Like Planets

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

A loose group of stars, known for over 180 years but never before studied in detail, has been revealed to be an important new tool in the quest to understand th...

SciTechTalk: Quick, name the planets!

Jun 24, 2012 (UPI)

When the prestigious Kavli Prize for Astrophysics was announced for 2012, one of the winners was Mike Brown, an astronomer working at the California Institute o...