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New Planets
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| Water Worlds |
| Topic: New Planets |
09/30/02 |
| Italian astronomers report on a method for water detection on extrasolar planets and cometary clouds, and their shortlist of candidates with promising initial findings from the 32-meter Medicina radio telescope. |
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| Shortlisting Stars With Planetary Systems |
| Topic: New Planets |
09/23/02 |
| Markus Landgraf and European Space Agency colleagues explore the first direct evidence of dust rings in our solar system, and propose a novel way to shortlist stars with likely extrasolar planets. |
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| The Lost World? |
| Topic: New Planets |
09/16/02 |
| Twists in the Sun's magnetic field create sunspots, and other stars also exhibit these dark, cooler spots on their surfaces. A new study suggests that starspots on the star HD 192263 may be masquerading as an extrasolar planet. |
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| Lens-Grinders for the Webb |
| Topic: New Planets |
09/10/02 |
| From the Hubble Telescope to the even cooler Webb, a new generation of hot views promise insight into some of the most distant galactic incubators. The chances to image a distant planet may benefit from the enhanced infrared tools available to the next generation of telescopes. |
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| Tuning In to Other Worlds |
| Topic: New Planets |
09/04/02 |
| Some scientists think it may be possible to detect planets beyond our solar system by looking for radio signals generated by same forces that lead to 'Northern Lights'. A team of scientists working on a radio telescope called the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) plan to do just that, by trying to tune in to other worlds. |
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| Gravity's Telescope |
| Topic: New Planets |
08/26/02 |
| Using a technique known as "gravitational microlensing", astronomers hope to find planets in Earth-like orbits around stars halfway across the galaxy. |
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| The Search for Distant Earths |
| Topic: New Planets |
06/05/02 |
| Imagine trying to see an ant crawling across the headlight of a car miles away. That is the magnitude of the task facing astronomers as they search for small, rocky Earth-like planets around other stars - planets that might harbor life |
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| Earth from Afar: A Tiny Flickering Dot |
| Topic: New Planets |
06/02/02 |
| With over 70 planets identified around distant stars, astronomers are now looking for ways to classify which ones are most like Earth -- that is to say, the ones most likely with biological potential. |
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