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Extreme Weather on Alien World
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| Topic: New Planets |
09/16/11 |
| Astronomers may have witnessed a storm brewing on a brown dwarf star. The storm could be grander than anything yet seen on a planet, and could help scientists understand weather phenomena on extra-solar planets. |
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Discovering an Invisible World
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| Topic: New Planets |
09/14/11 |
| Astronomers have discovered an 'invisible' planet by monitoring it's influence on a second planet that we can actually see. The finding demonstrates a method for finding planets that are undetectable by other methods. |
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50 New Exoplanets Discovered by HARPS
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| Topic: New Planets |
09/13/11 |
| ESO's exoplanet-hunter, HARPS, has discovered more than 50 new exoplanets. Among the discoveries are 16 super-Earths, one of which orbits at the edge of the habitable zone of its host star. |
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A Planet Made of Diamond
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| Topic: New Planets |
08/26/11 |
| Astronomers think they have found a once-massive star that has been transformed into a small planet made of diamond in our Milky Way. The discovery sheds new light on the diversity of planets and how they can form. |
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Um Planeta Feito de Diamante
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| Topic: New Planets |
08/26/11 |
| Astrônomos acreditam que encontraram uma antiga estrela massiva que se transformou em um pequeno planeta feito de diamantes na nossa Via Láctea. A descoberta lança nova luz sobre a diversidade dos planetas e como eles podem se formar. |
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Keeping an Eye on the Super Earth Next Door
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| Topic: New Planets |
08/16/11 |
| Astronomers have witnessed a super-Earth, which was first discovered in 2004, eclipsing its star. Because the star is only 40 light years away, this is the closest Earth-like planet we know of, although the planet is too hot to support life as we know it. |
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An Alien World Blacker than Coal
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| Topic: New Planets |
08/14/11 |
| Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet. The Jupiter-sized gas giant is blacker than coal, reflecting less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it. |
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Microlensing Finds a Rocky Planet
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| Topic: New Planets |
06/22/11 |
| Using a technique called gravitational microlensing, astronomers have detected a rocky planet that orbits its host star at a distance further out than most other extrasolar planets detected thus far. The discovery highlights how the microlensing technique could help in the hunt for Earth-like planets. |
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