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Stars Don't Obliterate Their Planets (Very Often)
Researchers using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope have shown that migrating planets stop their inward journey before reaching their stars.
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Lightest exoplanet imaged so far?
A team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope has imaged a faint object moving near a bright star.
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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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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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Stars Don't Obliterate Their Planets (Very Often)
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Lightest exoplanet imaged so far?
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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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Small stars are a big deal
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PlanetHunters
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Extreme Planet Makeover
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June 06, 2013
Stars Don't Obliterate Their Planets (Very Often)
Researchers using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope have shown that migrating planets stop their inward journey before reaching their stars.
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June 03, 2013
Lightest exoplanet imaged so far?
A team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope has imaged a faint object moving near a bright star.
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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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