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Huge, but habitable?
A newly-discovered super-Earth in a triple-star system could potentially be an Earth-like planet.
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KEPLER IN THE NEWS
Eleven on deck
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified Kepler planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star.
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Tiny trio
Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun.
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Plenty of planets
Our Milky Way galaxy contains a minimum of 100 billion planets, according to a detailed statistical study based on the detection of three planets located outside our solar system, called exoplanets.
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KEPLER IN THE NEWS
Kepler's big year
2011 showed NASA's Kepler mission finding its stride. 2012 could be even bigger. We review Kepler's ground-breaking discoveries in 2011.
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Sisters in size
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun.
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Extreme Planet Makeover
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February 02, 2012
Huge, but habitable?
A newly-discovered super-Earth in a triple-star system could potentially be an Earth-like planet.
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January 26, 2012
Eleven on deck
Kepler discovers 26 planets in eleven new solar systems.
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January 11, 2012
Tiny trio
Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun.
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January 11, 2012
Plenty of planets
Our Milky Way galaxy contains, on average, a minimum of one planet for every star, according to a new statistical study.
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January 01, 2012
Kepler's big year
2011 showed NASA's Kepler mission finding its stride. 2012 could be even bigger.
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December 20, 2011
Sisters in size
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system.
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December 05, 2011
Kepler's in the zone
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region around a star where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count.
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October 20, 2011
Damp disk
Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have detected for the first time cold water vapor enveloping a dusty disk around a young star.
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October 19, 2011
Cosmic cradle captured
Keck astronomers have captured the first direct image of a planet forming around its host star.
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July 14, 2011
Ten in transit
An international team, including Oxford University scientists, has discovered ten new planets. Amongst them is one orbiting a star perhaps only a few tens of million years old, twin Neptune-sized planets, and a rare Saturn-like world.
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