New Planets Astound Astronomers in Speed and Distance
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Among a batch of new planets, found by the Hubble telescope on a small patch of sky in Sagittarius, are as many as five that orbit their home stars in less than a day.
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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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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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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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A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery, according to scientists.
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In a solar system thousands of light years away, a star about half the size of our sun is being orbited by two planets that seem like smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn, astronomers report.
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It may take much longer than scientists have thought for violent turbulence to turn grains of space dust into new planets. A NASA telescope recently discovered evidence that
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NASA scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered what they believe are 16 new planets deep in the Milky Way, leading them to conclude there are probably billions of planets spread throughout the galaxy.
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New infrared observations of the disks of dust and rock around young stars reveal that many planets apparently form in an environment more violent and chaotic over a longer period of
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Astronomers have discovered the three lightest planets known outside the solar system, moving researchers closer to the goal of finding extrasolar planets that resemble Earth.
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A UK-led sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two new 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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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 tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery, scientists said.
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A new planet was discovered orbiting a sun-like star 41 light years away, making it the first known planetary quintet outside our solar system, astronomers said Tuesday.
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The universe looked a little more familiar and friendlier. The roll call of planets beyond the solar system swelled significantly with the announcement of a trio of newly-discovered worlds much smaller than any previously discovered around other stars.
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A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery, scientists say.