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Feb 27, 2012 (UPI)

Mankind's knowledge of planets, limited for most of human history to our own Earth and its solar system neighbors, has exploded in the last 20 years with the di...

Earth siblings can be different!

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

The study of the photospheric stellar abundances of the planet-host stars is the key to understanding how protoplanets form, as well as which protoplanetary clo...

Extending the Habitable Zone for Red Dwarf Stars

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

Stars known as red dwarfs might have larger habitable zones friendly to 'life as we know it' than once thought, researchers say. Red dwarfs, also known as M sta...

Hubble Reveals a New Class of Extrasolar Planet

Feb 22, 2012 (ESA)

Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have come up with a new class of planet, a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. It's smaller...

US scientists discover new 'waterworld' planet

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

An astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water -- literally, US scientists say. Researchers at the Harvard-Smithson...

Scattered Light Could Reveal Alien Atmospheres

Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)

The light scattered off distant worlds could help reveal details about their atmospheres that no other method could uncover, scientists find. Nearly all the inf...

Searching for Planets in Clouds of Dust

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development under NASA's Explorer mission program. The mission would send a space teles...

ALMA Sheds Light on Planet-Forming Gas Streams

Jan 02, 2012 (SPX)

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have seen a key stage in the birth of giant planets for the first time. Vast...