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Astronomers Observe Acidic Milky Way Galaxies
November 21, 2007 — The formation of stars and planets in the universe is a delicate process. Clouds of gas and matter rotate and draw together under the influence of gravity. Pressure and temperature then rise, which ... > full story -
Astronomers Discover Record Fifth Planet Around Nearby Star 55 Cancri
November 6, 2007 — A record-breaking fifth planet has been discovered around 55 Cancri, a yellowish star 41 lightyears from Earth and now the only known star apart from the Sun with 5 planets. The discovery implies ... > full story -
Three New Exo-Planets Discovered
November 5, 2007 — Three new extrasolar planets have been discovered. The planets orbit around stars similar to our Sun that are located at a distance of 850 light-years away from the Earth. Two are in the ... > full story -
Earth-Like Planet Forming In Nearby Star System, Astronomers Believe
October 3, 2007 — An Earth-like planet is likely forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766, say astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Scientists have discovered a huge belt of warm ... > full story -
Sign Of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming In Nearby Stellar Systems
October 1, 2007 — Astronomers are pointing to three nearby stars they say may hold "embryonic planets" -- a missing link in planet-formation theories. As scientists try to piece together how our own planet came to be, ... > full story -
Cornucopia Of Earth-Sized Planets Modeled By NASA
September 24, 2007 — In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models begin to describe an even wider range of Earth-size planets that astronomers might ... > full story -
Oldest Planet Yet Discovered Hints Earth May Survive Our Sun Becoming A Red Giant
September 23, 2007 — Astronomers have identified the oldest planet yet discovered. This planet holds clues to our solar system's distant future as it orbits a dying sun. The discovery suggests that earth, which is at a ... > full story -
Exoplanet Offers Clues To Earth's Future
September 12, 2007 — Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life. The news provides a preliminary picture of what could be the Earth's destiny in four to five billion years. That's when ... > full story -
Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets Like Earth May Have Formed Around Other Stars
August 16, 2007 — The chemical fingerprint of a burned-out star indicates that Earth-like planets may not be rare in the universe and could give clues to what our solar system will look like when our sun dies and ... > full story -
Speeding Star: Johnny Appleseed Of The Cosmos
August 15, 2007 — A new ultraviolet mosaic from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mira (pronounced my-rah) after ... > full story
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