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385 results for: exoplanet
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- Astronomy
Most Earthlike planets yet seen bring Kepler closer to its holy grail
Space telescope finds globes that, compared with our world, are slightly larger and orbit a smaller star.
- Space
Smallest planet found orbiting distant star
NASA’s Kepler space telescope snags an exoplanet tinier than Mercury.
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2012 International Astronomical Union General Assembly
Science News’ coverage of the IAU meeting held August 20-21 in Beijing.
- Space
Super-Earth joins ranks in life-supporting zone
The large exoplanet lies just 42 light-years away.
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Earth’s new neighbor looks familiar
Planet discovered in Alpha Centauri, just a few light-years away.
- 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.
- Planetary Science
Planetary Peekaboo
Astronomers aren’t playing games when it comes to spotting an exoEarth.
- 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.
- 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.
- Space
Rogue planet found among gang of stars
Astronomers report the closest such free-floating object to Earth.
- 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.
