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Drifting Star Discovered: Implications For Star And Planet Formation Theory
By studying in great detail
the 'ringing' of a
planet-harboring star, a
team of astronomers have
shown that it must have
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Coldest Brown Dwarf Ever Observed: Closing The Gap Between Stars And Planets
An international team of
astronomers has discovered
the coldest brown dwarf star
ever observed. This finding,
to be published in Astronomy
... > full story
New Rocky Planet Found In Constellation Leo
Astronomers have discovered
a possible terrestrial-type
planet orbiting a star in
the constellation of Leo.
The new planet, which lies
at a distance of 30 light
years from the Earth, has a
... > full story
Newborn Brown Dwarfs Stir Up The Neighborhood
Astronomers have found a
clutch of jets from newborn
brown dwarfs, bringing the
total of these intriguing
objects found to 4. New
stars form in cold clouds of
... > full story
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Plan To Identify Watery Earth-like Planets Develops
April 26, 2008 — Astronomers are looking to identify Earth-like watery worlds circling distant stars from a glint of light seen through an optical space telescope and a newly developed mathematical ... > full story -
Chance Of Finding Earthlike Planets On The Rise, UK Astronomers Believe
April 3, 2008 — Using a revolutionary new camera, UK astronomers have a real chance of being the first to find Earth-like planets around other stars. Since the early 1990s, astronomers have found more than 200 ... > full story -
Youngest Planet Ever Discovered Offers Unique View Of Planet Formation
April 2, 2008 — Using radio observatories in the UK and US and computer simulations, a team of astronomers have identified the youngest forming planet yet seen. "The new object, designated HL Tau b, is the youngest ... > full story -
Ten Exotic Planets Outside Our Solar System Discovered With New Technique
April 1, 2008 — An international team of astronomers called "SuperWASP" has found 10 new "extra solar" planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a system of robotic cameras that yield a ... > full story -
Planet in Progress? Evidence Of A Huge Planet Forming In Star System
March 26, 2008 — Astrophysicists have a new window into the formation of planets. Astronomers have imaged a structure within the disk of material coalescing from the gas and dust cloud surrounding a well-studied ... > full story -
Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule On Extrasolar Planet
March 19, 2008 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually ... > full story -
Alpha Centauri Should Harbor Detectable, Earth-like Planets
March 7, 2008 — A rocky planet similar to Earth may be orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors and could be detected using existing techniques, according to astronomers. The closest stars to our Sun are in the ... > full story -
Did A Mega-collision Alter Venus?
February 27, 2008 — A mega-collision between two large embryonic planets could have created Venus as we know it, according to a new paper by a Cardiff University scientist. Venus is a sister planet to Earth. It is ... > full story -
Jupiter-Saturn-like Planets Discovered In Faraway Solar System Like Our Own
February 15, 2008 — Astronomers have discovered two planets that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn in a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away. The find suggests that our galaxy hosts many planetary ... > full story -
When Worlds Collide: Have Astronomers Observed The Aftermath Of A Distant Planetary Collision?
January 17, 2008 — Astronomers have announced that a mystery object orbiting a star 170 light-years from Earth might have formed from the collision and merger of two protoplanets. The object, known as 2M1207B, has ... > full story
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