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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British researchers detect water in atmosphere of planet that circles star far beyond our solar system.
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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 (news - web sites) telescope
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A nearby star thought to harbor comets and asteroids now appears to be home to planets, too. The presumed worlds are smaller than Jupiter and could be as tiny as Pluto, new observations suggest.
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With the help of a modified backyard telescope, astronomers have discovered a giant planet orbiting another star. It is the first extrasolar world found with such modest equipment.
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By Seth Borenstein THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON -- The first "sniffs of air" of two huge far-away planets reveal that they seem to be missing water, a surprising finding amid weather unlike any planets in our solar system with blast furnace-like gusts amid supersonic winds.
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Astronomers find a strange new world that has them pondering again the essential properties of a planet.
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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.
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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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An astronomer at Penn State University is not certain whether the latest discovery in outer space is a planet or a failed star.
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Scientists said on Thursday they   have spotted an unusually large and light planet orbiting a   distant star -- a discovery that could force them to reexamine   theories about how planets are formed.
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WASHINGTON - Astronomers have used a network of small telescopes to discover a planet circling a far-off star. &quot;This discovery demonstrates that even humble telescopes can make huge contributions to planet
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Astronomers have found evidence for the most distant galaxies ever detected.
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New observations of dust around young stars suggests collisions of large asteroid-like objects and fledgling planets are frequent.
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Astronomers find water in the atmosphere of a giant planet outside our Solar System.
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Imagine our sun snatching an alien planet from another solar system, four billion years ago. A team of scientists, including a Utah physicist, say it&#39;s a possibility based on a wild new simulation.
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Giant planets and broad bands of dust swirl around seven distant stars in new images captured by two NASA telescopes, both built partly in Colorado.