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Kepler Discovers 5 New Planets
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| Topic: New Planets |
01/05/10 |
| NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered its first five exoplanets. The planets are all considered 'hot Jupiters' due to their sizes and extreme temperatures. The discoveries are proof of Kepler's capabilities, and astronomers hope that future findings will include smaller, Earth-like planets. |
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Astrobiology Top 10: Starlight, Star Bright
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/31/09 |
| AM is highlighting the top 10 stories of 2009. At number 3 is the launch of Kepler, a new NASA telescope that will aid in finding extrasolar planets. Scientists are already looking beyond Kepler for the next generation of telescopes that could show alien worlds in greater detail. (Originally was published on March 09, 2009). |
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Astrobiology Top 10: Double Discovery: Super-Earth and Ocean World
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/28/09 |
| Astrobiology Magazine is looking back over 2009, highlighting the top 10 astrobiology stories of the year. At number 6 is a double discovery of potentially habitable extrasolar planets orbiting the star Gliese 581. (This story originally was published on April 23, 2009). |
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Astrobiology Top 10: Astrometry Finally Finds a Planet
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/25/09 |
| Astrobiology Magazine is highlighting the top 10 astrobiology stories of the year. At number 9 is a story about astrometry, a technique to find extrasolar planets. After 50 years, astrometry spots its first planet - a milestone that could have implications for the proposed NASA mission SIM Lite. (This story originally was published on June 02, 2009). |
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Warm Waterworld
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/18/09 |
| Astronomers have discovered a 'super-Earth' orbiting a distant star using off-the-Shelf, amateur technology. The finding shows how low-cost technologies can aid in the search for habitable worlds. The planet, GJ1214b, has a radius only 2.7 times that of Earth and may contain water and a gaseous atmosphere. |
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The Commonality of Earths
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/15/09 |
| Astronomers have discovered as many as six low-mass planets around two nearby, sun-like stars. The findings indicate that low-mass planets could be common around nearby stars. |
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Seeing Planets in the Glare of a Star
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/05/09 |
| Astronomers have made the first direct detection of a planet-like object orbiting a sun-like star. The finding is a step forward for scientists searching for habitable worlds around distant stars. |
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Hunting for Planets in the Dark
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| Topic: New Planets |
11/19/09 |
| A proposed space mission that aims to measure dark energy could also detect planets that current surveys are unable to find. |
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32 New Exoplanets Found
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| Topic: New Planets |
10/20/09 |
| Astronomers have reported 32 new exoplanets discovered using the HARPS spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-meter telescope. HARPS has provided a boost in the number of planets that are only a few times more massive than Earth. Some of these low-mass planets rest close to the habitable zone of their host stars. |
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Cloudy, with Pebble Showers
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| Topic: New Planets |
10/03/09 |
| A newly-discovered exoplanet has an atmosphere that contains the same ingredients as rocks. In fact, a storm on COROT-7b may include pebbles condensing out of the air to rain into lakes of lava. COROT-7b is less than twice the size of Earth and can help astronomers understand how small, rocky planets form and evolve. |
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