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First Direct Images Of A Planetary Family Around A Normal Star
November 13, 2008 — Astronomers have obtained the first-ever direct images identifying a multi-planet system around a normal star. This discovery is the first time we have directly imaged a family of planets around a ... > full story -
Hubble Directly Observes A Planet Orbiting Another Star
November 13, 2008 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, ... > full story -
Dusty Shock Waves Generate Planet Ingredients
November 12, 2008 — Shock waves around dusty, young stars might be creating the raw materials for planets, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space ... > full story -
Closest Planetary System Hosts Two Asteroid Belts
October 27, 2008 — New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that the nearest planetary system to our own has two asteroid belts. Our own solar system has just ... > full story -
Earth-Like Planets May Be Easier To Find Than Previously Thought: Young Planets Stay Hotter Longer
October 15, 2008 — Hot, young planets may be easier to spot because they stay that way longer than astronomers have thought. A new study shows that newborn Earth-like planets could be easier to find than previously ... > full story -
How Dust Rings Point To Exo-Earths With Supercomputer's Help
October 10, 2008 — Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points to a new ... > full story -
Is It A Planet? Exotic Object Orbiting Star Stirs Exoplanet Classification Rethink
October 6, 2008 — The European spacecraft COROT has discovered a massive planet-sized object orbiting its parent star closely, unlike anything ever spotted before. It is so exotic, that scientists are unsure as to ... > full story -
NASA Identifies Carbon-Rich Molecules In Meteors As The ‘Origin Of Life’
September 25, 2008 — Tons, perhaps tens of tons, of carbon molecules in dust particles and meteorites fall on Earth daily. Meteorites are especially valuable to astronomers because they provide relatively big chunks of ... > full story -
Two Planets Suffer Violent Collision
September 23, 2008 — Two planets in orbit around a mature sun-like star recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers report. "It's as if Earth and Venus collided with each other," said Benjamin Zuckerman, UCLA ... > full story -
Finding Fireflies Next To A Lighthouse: New Optics Technology To Study Alien Worlds
September 22, 2008 — Scientists are studying new optical methods for three possible new NASA missions to search for alien worlds. The experimental technologies promise to allow astronomers to directly detect exoplanets ... > full story
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