Scientists surprised by data about distant planets
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Scientists have gotten their best look ever at the composition of planets outside our solar system, but were more surprised by what they didn't see than what they did see.
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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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A new spectrometer lets scientists learn more about the planet's chemistry.
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US astronomers announced Tuesday their discovery of two small planets orbiting distant stars, setting off a dispute with European astronomers over who found the new, unusually small class of planets first.
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A new class of planets has been found orbiting stars besides our sun, in a possible giant leap forward in the search for Earth-like planets that might harbor life, scientists said on Tuesday.
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AN Irish astronomer has discovered a giant planet orbiting a distant star using simple backyard telescopes.   Francis O'Donovan's team found the new world, - larger than Jupiter - orbiting a star 500 light years away in the Draco the Dragon constellation.  (c) 2006 Daily Mirror.
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Astronomers have yet to find an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system, but that hasn&#39;t stopped them from modeling what these worlds might look like.
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A discovery now has some astronomers entertaining visions of icy volcanoes roiling on some of the tiny worlds circling beyond Neptune, at least at one time.
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The universe looked a little more familiar and friendlier on Tuesday. The roll call of planets beyond the solar system swelled significantly with the announcement of a trio of newly discovered worlds much
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WASHINGTON - Astronomers in the US say they&#39;ve discovered a new class of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. The two &quot;exoplanets&quot; are small compared to earlier finds.
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A new wide-field sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two planets orbiting far-distant stars.
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A trio of newly discovered worlds are much smaller than any other planets previously discovered outside of the solar system.
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For the first time, NASA scientists have observed planet-containing solar systems with disks of dust orbiting their central stars, astronomers announced Thursday.
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Cold, dusty discs of debris have been clearly detected around stars in other planet-harbouring solar systems for the first time by NASA&#39;s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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A UK-led sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two new planets orbiting far-distant stars.
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Astronomers announce recent discoveries of two Earth-like planets.
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Alien worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves, stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The discoveries are so common that more and more don&#39;t even get reported outside scientific circles.