Extrasolar Planet News

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 January 8, 2002:

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

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

Posted October 16, 2001:

• More Planets Emerge With Solar System-Like Orbits

Posted August 30, 2001:

• Earth's Light Show Is A Clue To Finding Habitable Neighbors

Posted August 21, 2001:

• Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Spacecraft Sees Solar System Under Construction

Posted August 16, 2001:

• Jupiter-Size Planet Found Orbiting Star In Big Dipper

Posted July 12, 2001:

• Stellar Apocalypse Yields First Evidence Of Water-Bearing Worlds Beyond Our Solar System

Posted July 2, 2001:

• Brown Dwarfs Are Stellar Embryos Evicted By Siblings, According To Study

Posted June 28, 2001:

• Hint Of Planet-Sized Drifters Bewilders Hubble Scientists

Posted June 5, 2001:

• New U. Of Colorado Astronomy Study Indicates Planet Formation May Be Rare In Universe

Posted April 27, 2001:

• "Survivor" Planets: Astronomers Witness First Steps Of Planet Growth And Destruction

Posted February 23, 2001:

• Astronomers Describe Search For Habitable Planets Beyond Solar System As New Observatories Detect Molecules Of Life

Posted January 31, 2001:

• NASA Researcher Validates Discovery Of Planets' Gravitational "Dance"

Posted October 30, 2000:

• Astronomers Discover Apparent "Outer Edge" To The Solar System

Posted October 6, 2000:

• 18 Possible Planets Lacking A Central Star Discovered

Posted August 7, 2000:

• Astronomers Report Discovery Of Three New Extrasolar Planets, Plus Hints Of Many Multi-Planet Systems

Posted April 10, 2000:

• Suspected Protoplanet May Really Be A Distant Star

Posted March 30, 2000:

• Planet Hunters On Trail Of Worlds Smaller Than Saturn

Posted March 24, 2000:

• NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Awards Contracts For Planet-Hunting Mission Studies

Posted January 17, 2000:

• Planet Search Results Suggest Our Solar System May Be Uncommon

Posted December 22, 1999:

• Ames Researchers Confirm New Technique, Extra-Solar Planet

Posted December 20, 1999:

• UF Team: Dust Disks May Reveal Evidence Of Hard-To-Find Planets

Posted December 8, 1999:

• Early Planet Formation Triggers Planet Offspring

Posted November 30, 1999:

• Astronomers Discover Six Planets Orbiting Nearby Stars

Posted November 16, 1999:

• Astronomers Witness Silhouette Of Planet Crossing Distant Star, Proving The Existence Of Extra-Solar Planets

Posted November 4, 1999:

• Astronomers Find Evidence For The First Planet Seen Orbiting A Pair Of Stars

Posted August 13, 1999:

• Bloated Stars Swallow Giant Planets

Posted April 16, 1999:

• Astronomy Teams Find First Multi-Planet System, Other Than Our Own, Orbiting Star

Posted April 15, 1999:

• NCAR Scientist's Observations Aid In Discovery Of Multiple Planets Orbiting A Sun-Like Star

Posted February 10, 1999:

• Vast Stellar Disks Set Stage For Planet Birth In New Hubble Images

Posted February 2, 1999:

• Pluto Safe From Demotion

Posted January 12, 1999:

• Extrasolar Planets Favor Stars With Overabundance Of Heavy Elements

Posted October 23, 1998:

• University Of Arizona Scientists Are First To Discover Debris Disk Around Star Orbited By Planet

Posted September 25, 1998:

• Two More Planets Discovered Beyond Our Solar System

Posted June 29, 1998:

• Astronomer Finds New Planet Near Our Solar System

Posted May 29, 1998:

• Hubble Takes First Image Of A Possible Planet Around Another Star And Finds A Runaway World

Posted May 18, 1998:

• Do Giant Planets Form Quickly Or Slowly?

Posted November 17, 1997:

• New Theory Provides Explanation For Flowing, Liquid Water On Ancient Mars

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