Planet-detector nears its launch
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The hunt for Earth-like planets is to be stepped-up as a new mission, Corot, prepares for launch.
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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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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 on Tuesday.
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A French satellite designed to hunt out  new planets has started work after a series of successful  tests, the European Space Agency said on Friday.
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The Huygens probe is on target and all set for its encounter with Titan, the mysterious large moon of Saturn. The 2.7m-wide robot lab has passed its final systems check-out and scientists
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A newfound planet detected by a small, 4-inch-diameter telescope demonstrates that we are at the cusp of a new age of planet discovery. Soon, new worlds may be located at an accelerating pace, bringing the detection of the first Earth-sized world one step closer.
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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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A University of Colorado study has embarked on demonstrating that new planets can be found with the help of an orbiting starshade. The method has been compared to building a giant pinhole camera in space.
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Astronomers describe a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life - a vision, perhaps, of Earth's future.
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28 new planets orbiting distant stars beyond our solar system are detected by an international team.
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A distant speck of light appears to be the first planet outside our solar system to be captured on film. While there is no definitive evidence that the speck is a planet, an international team of astronomers is arguing the case.
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A group of European-led    astronomers has made a photograph of what appears to be a planet orbiting another    star. If so, it would be the first confirmed picture of a world beyond our solar    system.
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Washington, DC- Using a network of small automated telescopes known as HAT, Smithsonian astronomers have discovered a planet unlike any other known world.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes began spying on the universe on Friday, using its 34-foot wide mirror to search for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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10 billion years old Italian astronomers have detected a planet that survived the red giant expansion of its home star. The researchers say that the discovery could be a sneak peek at the fate that awaits the Earth, some four or five billion years from now.â¦
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The race to find distant new âEarthsâ heated up considerably yesterday with the detection of two of the smallest planets ever detected outside the Solar System.
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Finding planets that pass in front of their parent stars is so important to understanding how planets form that the European Space Agency will shortly launch the 35 million Euro COROT satellite to find them.