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- Space
Super-Earth spotted in life-friendly zone
The latest exoplanet entry creeps closer to long-sought goal of finding habitable worlds elsewhere.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Planets born with off-kilter orbits, the planet formerly known as a star and more in this week's news.
- 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.
- Space
American Astronomical Society Meeting
Highlights from the 220th AAS meeting held June 10-14 in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Space
Planet search finds lots of little guys
The latest collection of extrasolar bodies to be revealed is rich in worlds not much bigger than Earth.
- Space
Super-Earths may come in two flavors
As more exoplanets are discovered, evidence emerges that worlds can be either fluffy or dense.
- Space
Antennas reveal Antennae
A giant radio telescope array in Chile’s Atacama Desert produces its first images.
- Space
Existence of habitable exoplanet questioned
A Swiss team has failed to confirm what has recently been claimed to be the first planet outside the solar system that might be right for life.
- Space
Distant world looks too ripe for life
The first extrasolar planet to be discovered in its star’s habitable zone is probably inhospitably hot.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
A Saturnian storm, an asteroid visit, a leaky Betelgeuse and more in this week's news.
- Astronomy
Onward and Skyward
With new efforts aimed at the stars, China seeks to revive its astronomical reputation.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Alien extreme weather, nature vs. nurture in stars and more in this week’s news.
