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Free-Floating Planets in the Milky Way Outnumber Stars by Factors of Thousands: Life-Bearing Planets May Exist in Vast Numbers
May 10, 2012 — Researchers say life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers in the space between stars in the Milky ... > full story -
Ultra-Cool Companion Helps Reveal Giant Planets
May 10, 2012 — Astronomers have found a brown dwarf that is more than 99% hydrogen and helium. Described as ultra-cool, it has a temperature of just 400 degrees Celsius and its discovery could be a key step forward ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien 'Super-Earth'
May 8, 2012 — NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step ... > full story -
Looking for Earths by Looking for Jupiters
May 7, 2012 — In the search for Earth-like planets, it is helpful to look for clues and patterns that can help scientist narrow down the types of systems where potentially habitable planets are likely to be ... > full storyMore: -
Lightning Signature Could Help Reveal the Solar System's Origins
May 3, 2012 — Every second, lightning flashes some 50 times on Earth. Together these discharges coalesce and get stronger, creating electromagnetic waves circling around Earth, to create a beating pulse between ... > full story -
Four White Dwarf Stars Caught in the Act of Consuming 'Earth-Like' Exoplanets
May 3, 2012 — Astrophysicists have pinpointed four white dwarfs surrounded by dust from shattered planetary bodies which once bore striking similarities to the composition of ... > full story -
Record-Breaking Radio Waves Discovered from Ultra-Cool Star
April 30, 2012 — Astronomers have discovered flaring radio emissions from an ultra-cool star that is not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, shattering the previous record for the lowest temperature at which radio ... > full story -
Some Stars Capture Rogue Planets
April 17, 2012 — New research suggests that billions of stars in our galaxy have captured rogue planets that once roamed interstellar space. The nomad worlds, which were kicked out of the star systems in which they ... > full story -
Dusty Disc of Crushed Comets Around a Nearby Star Caused by Collisions With Thousands of Comets a Day
April 12, 2012 — Astronomers have studied a ring of dust around the nearby star Fomalhaut and have deduced that it is created by the collision of thousands of comets every ... > full story -
Workings of Nearby Planetary System Revealed
April 12, 2012 — A new observatory still under construction has given astronomers a major breakthrough in understanding a nearby planetary system and provided valuable clues about how such systems form and evolve. ... > full storyMore:
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