Extrasolar Planet News

Posted January 25, 2005:

• FUSE Observations Strengthen White Dwarf Theory
• Astronomers' First Direct Evidence: Young Low-Mass Objects Are Twice As Heavy As Predicted

Posted January 11, 2005:

• Astronomers Take Revealing Peek At Star Factory
• Hubble’s Infrared Eyes Home In On Suspected Extrasolar Planet

Posted December 20, 2004:

• Space Scientist Proposes New Model For Jupiter's Core

Posted December 10, 2004:

• Spitzer And Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary Systems

Posted December 8, 2004:

• Did Our Sun Capture Alien Worlds? Close Encounter May Explain Some Objects Beyond Neptune

Posted November 10, 2004:

• Spitzer Sees Ice And Warm Glows In Dark And Dusty Places

Posted September 13, 2004:

• Is This Speck Of Light An Exoplanet?

Posted August 31, 2004:

• Scientists Discover First Of A New Class Of Extrasolar Planets

Posted August 26, 2004:

• Tiny "David" Telescope Finds "Goliath" Planet

Posted August 25, 2004:

• Periodic Dimming Of Bright Starlight Reveals Distant Planet

Posted August 15, 2004:

• How Special Is The Solar System?

Posted July 30, 2004:

• NASA Selects Future Mission Concepts For Study

Posted June 10, 2004:

• Newly Discovered Baby Planet Confounds Expectations: Raw Materials For Habitable Planets Around Surprisingly Young Stars

Posted June 4, 2004:

• Scientists To View Venus' Atmosphere During Transit, Search For Water Vapor On Distant Planet

Posted May 27, 2004:

• Raw Ingredients For Life Detected In Planetary Construction Zones

Posted May 11, 2004:

• Two Architectures Chosen For Terrestrial Planet Finder

Posted May 10, 2004:

• Two Extremely Hot Exoplanets Caught In Transit

Posted April 16, 2004:

• Cosmic Magnifying Glass: Distant Star Reveals Planet

Posted February 27, 2004:

• Astronomers Find Nearest, Youngest Star With Dusty Debris Disk. But Are There Planets?

Posted February 3, 2004:

• Oxygen And Carbon Found In Atmosphere Of An Extrasolar Planet

Posted January 19, 2004:

• Getting Closer To The Lord Of The Rings

Posted December 23, 2003:

• Mission Captures Galaxies Galore

Posted December 11, 2003:

• Planet-Formation Model Indicates Earthlike Planets Might Be Common

Posted December 1, 2003:

• New Evidence For Solar-Like Planetary System Around Nearby Star

Posted October 10, 2003:

• First Extrasolar Planets, Now Extrasolar Moons

Posted August 26, 2003:

• Planetary Tilt Not A Spoiler For Habitation

Posted August 4, 2003:

• Search For Life Could Include Planets, Stars Unlike Ours

Posted July 23, 2003:

• Stars Rich In Heavy Metals Tend To Harbor Planets

Posted July 11, 2003:

• Oldest Known Planet Identified

Posted July 10, 2003:

• Searching For The 'Real' Waterworld

Posted July 4, 2003:

• Scientists Discover Planetary System Similar To Our Own

Posted May 27, 2003:

• Astronomers Find Seven Planet-Forming Disks, Doubling Total

Posted April 23, 2003:

• Glowing Hot Transiting Exoplanet Discovered; VLT Spectra Indicate Shortest-Known-Period Planet Orbiting OGLE-TR-3

Posted April 7, 2003:

• Too Close For Comfort: Hubble Discovers An Evaporating Planet

Posted March 14, 2003:

• Too Close For Comfort: Hubble Discovers An Evaporating Planet

Posted January 23, 2003:

• Distant World In Peril Discovered From La Silla; Giant Exoplanet Orbits Giant Star

Posted December 5, 2002:

• Hubble Makes Precise Measure Of Extrasolar World's True Mass

Posted December 2, 2002:

• Jupiter-Like Planets Formed In Hundreds – Not Millions – Of Years, Study Shows

Posted October 11, 2002:

• UCLA, British Astronomers Discover The Wake Of A Planet Around A Nearby Star – Strong Evidence For Solar Systems Like Ours

Posted September 23, 2002:

• 100th Extra-Solar Planet Gives Clues To Origins Of Planets

Posted July 17, 2002:

• The Sun: A Great Ball Of Iron?

Posted June 14, 2002:

• Newfound Planetary System Has "Hometown" Look

Posted May 3, 2002:

• Teenage Stars: Rebels Without A Known Cause

Posted March 13, 2002:

• Off-The-Shelf Camera Device To Hunt For Distant Planets

Posted January 8, 2002:

• Planets Of The Phoenix: Astronomers Predict Rebirth Of Planetary Systems In The Embers Of Dead Stars

Posted December 24, 2001:

• NASA Selects Missions To Explore Two Large Asteroids And Search For Earth-Like Planets

Posted December 3, 2001:

• Simulation Explains Mystery Of Giant Planets' Tiny Moons

Posted November 28, 2001:

• Hubble Space Telescope Makes First Direct Measurements Of Atmosphere On World Around Another Star

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