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Astronomers find rocky planet outside solar system »
Posted by: Zurbin 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling ...
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Glow of 'hot Jupiters' spotted from Earth for first time »
Posted by: myfairlady 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The glow of 'hot Jupiter' planets has been detected with ground-based telescopes for the first time.
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The detections are just a first step, astronomers say ...Read (405) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at newscientist.com
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Astronomers Discover Youngest And Lowest Mass Dwarfs In Solar Neighborhood »
Posted by: myfairlady 8 months ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers have found three brown dwarfs with estimated masses of less than 10 times that of Jupiter, making them among the youngest and lowest mass ...
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Extrasolar Planets at Full Tilt! »
Posted by: pkrf1end 4 months ago in News
Call them the wrong-way planets. Several giant, extrasolar planets, all residing within sizzling distance of their parent stars, have orbits so tilted that the planets ...
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Laboratory demonstration of an Earth-like extrasolar planet »
Posted by: shomtham 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Detection of an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star requires a telescope with an extraordinarily large contrast. There are several space telescope systems that could ...
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Super-sized Supernova Explosion Observed Start to Finish Including Black Hole Ending »
Posted by: ideaman21 9 months, 1 week ago in News
Scientists have managed to observe a super-sized supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending.
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