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Deep Space
New Planets
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Tau Ceti May Have a Habitable Planet
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| Topic: New Planets |
12/19/12 |
| Astronomers have discovered that one of the closest Sun-like stars to our solar system may host five planets. One of the planets may lie within the star's habitable zone. |
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Rogue Planet Spotted?
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| Topic: New Planets |
11/16/12 |
| Astronomers have identified a body that is likely a planet wandering through space without a parent star. The 'rogue' planet is drifting at a distance of about 100 light-years away from our solar system. |
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A Guide to ExoPlanet Hunting
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| Topic: New Planets |
11/14/12 |
| Astronomers have written 'directions' for how to search for exoplanets. The team identified 144 target stars for exoplanet searches, with 20 very strong candidates. |
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Gap In Star's Dust Disk May Indicate Multiple Planets
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| Topic: New Planets |
11/11/12 |
| Observations of a young star with a mass similar to that of the Sun show a giant gap inside its protoplanetary disk. The gravitational force of newborn planets may account for the huge gap. |
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SuperEarth Found Nearby
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| Topic: New Planets |
10/19/12 |
| Astronomers have discovered a planet with about the same mass as the Earth. The planet orbits a star in our closest neighboring system - Alpha Centauri. |
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Planet Found in Four-Star System
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| Topic: New Planets |
10/16/12 |
| In a joint effort, citizen scientists and astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting twin suns that in turn is orbited by a second distant pair of stars. |
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Nearby SuperEarth Likely a Diamond Planet
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| Topic: New Planets |
10/12/12 |
| New research suggests that a rocky planet twice the size of Earth and orbiting a nearby star is a diamond planet. It may be the first glimpse of a rocky world with a fundamentally different chemistry than our own planet. |
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