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2012 International Astronomical Union General Assembly
Science News’ coverage of the IAU meeting held August 20-21 in Beijing.
By Science News -
Space
Super-Earth joins ranks in life-supporting zone
The large exoplanet lies just 42 light-years away.
By Tanya Lewis -
Earth’s new neighbor looks familiar
Planet discovered in Alpha Centauri, just a few light-years away.
By Nadia Drake -
Space
No vacancy around stars
The Milky Way’s planets pack tightly around their stars, according to simulations using data from the Kepler space telescope.
By Andrew Grant -
Planetary Science
Planetary Peekaboo
Astronomers aren’t playing games when it comes to spotting an exoEarth.
By Nadia Drake -
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.
By Nadia Drake -
Astronomy
Billions and billions of Earth-sized planets call Milky Way home
Using Kepler data, astronomers estimate that a sizeable fraction of the galaxy’s sunlike stars have Earth-sized planets that could support liquid water.
By Andrew Grant -
Space
Rogue planet found among gang of stars
Astronomers report the closest such free-floating object to Earth.
By Tanya Lewis -
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.
By Nadia Drake -
Space
More like Faux-malhaut b
The Spitzer Space Telescope fails to find a visible planet circling where Hubble saw one four years ago.
By Nadia Drake -
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.
By Nadia Drake -
Space
Distant world looks ripe for life
Extrasolar planet hunt spots its most Earthlike orb yet.
By Nadia Drake