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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 -
Winking Star: First Step Of Earth-Like Planet Formation Observed
March 14, 2008 — For the first time, astronomers have observed the initial phase in the formation of an earth-like planet. Astronomers observed that a protoplanetary disk, or ring, around the binary star known as KH ... > full story -
Finally, The 'Planet' In Planetary Nebulae?
March 10, 2008 — New studies may vindicate a 300-year-old astronomical 'mistake.' Astronomers have announced that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may be responsible for creating some of ... > 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 26, 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 -
Sun-Like Star Flips Its Magnetic Field Like Our Sun: First Observation
February 25, 2008 — Astronomers have discovered that the sun-like star tau Bootis flipped its magnetic field from north to south sometime during the last year. It has been known for many years that the Sun's magnetic ... > full story -
Jupiter-Saturn-Like Planets Discovered In Faraway Solar System Like Our Own
February 14, 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 12, 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 -
Circumstellar Dust Takes Flight In 'The Moth'
January 11, 2008 — What superficially resembles a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into the formation and evolution of planetary systems. This is not your typical flying insect. It has a ... > full story
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