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344 results for: exoplanet

  1. Space

    Super-Earth joins ranks in life-supporting zone

    The large exoplanet lies just 42 light-years away.

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  2. Space

    Rogue planet found among gang of stars

    Astronomers report the closest such free-floating object to Earth.

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  3. Space

    Distant world looks ripe for life

    Extrasolar planet hunt spots its most Earthlike orb yet.

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  4. Space

    First Earth-sized planets netted

    The Kepler space telescope gets one step closer to its mission of discovering habitable worlds by finding two orbs of terrestrial proportions orbiting a distant sunlike star.

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  5. Space

    More like Faux-malhaut b

    The Spitzer Space Telescope fails to find a visible planet circling where Hubble saw one four years ago.

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  6. Space

    Super-Earth spotted in life-friendly zone

    The latest exoplanet entry creeps closer to long-sought goal of finding habitable worlds elsewhere.

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  7. Space

    Aura of life captured in Earthshine

    Light from Earth reflected off the moon contains the kind of information that could prove useful in the characterization of faraway exoplanets.

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  8. Space

    Evening star goes black in rare celestial event

    Astronomers position themselves to capture crucial measurements as the planet passes across the face of the sun.

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  9. Space

    An interview with alien hunter Jill Tarter

    The director of Center for SETI Research is retiring to focus on finding funds to continue the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

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  10. Space

    American Astronomical Society Meeting

    Highlights from the 220th AAS meeting held June 10-14 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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  11. Planetary Science

    Dawn mission to die another day

    A glitch does not threaten the spacecraft’s survival, but it will delay an upcoming visit to the dwarf planet Ceres.

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  12. Astronomy

    Bloated planet

    A newly discovered exoplanet is the largest and lowest-density such object yet found.

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