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Planet hunting on hold
The Kepler spacecraft is once again in safe mode.
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Grazing in the gap
Stefan Kraus and his team have discovered evidence of a planet forming in a star's dust disk, shedding new light on planet formation.
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1640 strikes again
The Project 1640 team has captured some spectacular spectra from a four-exoplanet system.
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Planets in a petri dish
Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our solar system's eight near-and-dear planets, there are more than 800 so-called exoplanets known to circle stars beyond our sun. One of the first "species" of exoplanets to be discovered is the hot Jupiters, also known as roasters.
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IN THE ZONE
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.
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Small stars are a big deal
...and could be the best chance for finding life on an exoplanet. We talk with Sagan Fellow Sarah Ballard about a new frontier in planet-hunting.
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PlanetHunters
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Extreme Planet Makeover
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Planet hunting on hold
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Grazing in the gap
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1640 strikes again
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Planets in a petri dish
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PlanetQuest Mobile
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IN THE ZONE
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Small stars are a big deal
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PlanetHunters
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Extreme Planet Makeover
NEWS
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May 15, 2013
Planet-hunting on hold
The Kepler spacecraft is once again in safe mode.
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May 13, 2013
Grazing in the gap
Stefan Kraus and his team have discovered evidence of a planet forming in a star's dust disk, shedding new light on planet formation.
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May 09, 2013
1640 strikes again
The Project 1640 team has captured some spectacular spectra from a four-exoplanet system.
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May 06, 2013
Planets in a petri dish
Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our solar system's eight near-and-dear planets, there are more than 800 so-called exoplanets known to circle stars beyond our sun. One of the first "species" of exoplanets to be discovered is the hot Jupiters, also known as roasters.
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April 18, 2013
In the zone
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.
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April 09, 2013
Talkin' bout TESS
NASA's latest exoplanet mission is called TESS and is scheduled to launch in 2017.
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April 04, 2013
Yummy!
Astronomers watch as a rogue exoplanet is devoured by a black hole.
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March 19, 2013
Visions of vapor
Astronomers using Keck observatory have taken some of the most in-depth measurements of an exoplanet atmosphere yet.
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March 15, 2013
Cool confluence
Kepler, the moon, a comet, and Jupiter wrangle with the horns of Taurus.
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March 07, 2013
Small stars are a big deal
...and could be the best chance for finding life on an exoplanet
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Young stars start out with a massive disk of gas and dust that over time, astronomers think, either diffuses awa...
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