&#39;Super&#39; Earth found
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European astronomers sighted the planet orbiting a Sun-like star, mu Arae, in a southern constellation called the Altar and which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.
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Signs of ancient eruptions indicate a planet geologically active and may suggest presence of simple life forms. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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European scientists have discovered what they describe as the smallest Earth-like planet orbiting a star outside our Solar System.
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Another day, another gas giant Astronomers have found an extrasolar planet that is perfectly positioned to allow a decent analysis of its atmosphere.â¦
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NASA&#39;s Mars rovers have returned new evidence for past water, pictures of Earthlike clouds seen for the first time from the planet&#39;s surface, and a rock that doesn&#39;t look like anything scientists have ever seen.
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Scientists have obtained their best measurement yet of the size and contents of a neutron star, an ultra-dense object containing the strangest and rarest matter in the Universe.
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The universe contains one and a half times more calcium than previously assumed.
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Astronomers have found the latest planet in another solar system â-r &quot;exoplanet&quot; â -ng telescopes no bigger than those you might find at a garage sale.
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Astronomers discover a newborn planet in a solar system that is still in the process of forming.
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Large colonies of micro-organisms living under rocks have been discovered in the most hostile and extreme regions of the Arctic and Antarctic - giving new insights on survival of life on other planets.
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An international team of scientists has found life on a Norwegian island.  No surprises there, but the successful field test of a collection of life-detection instruments may be a stepping stone for future endeavors to sniff out life on Mars.
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Astronomers in Europe and the United States have found two new planets about 20 times the size of Earth beyond the solar system. The discovery might be a giant leap forward in
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British researchers detect water in atmosphere of planet that circles star far beyond our solar system.
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Scientists have long believed that the planet is surrounded by a radiation belt. Now it's a confirmed fact. Compiled by Tony Long.
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An international research team has found the first direct evidence that the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates, like a spoon spinning in honey.
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It wasn&#39;t anywhere near as big as Noah&#39;s worldwide flood -- but evidence is pouring in from a Mars-orbiting satellite that a vast plain on the Red Planet must once have held a deep ocean bigger than all the Great Lakes put together.
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More than one-third of the giant planet systems recently detected outside our solar system may harbor Earth-like planets covered in deep global oceans that offer abundant potential for life, according to a new study by scientists associated with NASA's Astrobiology Institute.