Smaller Version of the Solar System Is Discovered
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Astronomers have found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light years across the galaxy â the first planetary system that really looks like our own.
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Astronomers scouring nearby stars have found two planets that mirror Neptune in size, making them by far the smallest found outside the solar system.
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VLT Finds Smallest Galactic Object with JetsJets of matter have been discovered around a very low mass 'failed star', mimicking a process seen in young stars.
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small-mass planets soon,&quot; said Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the co-discoverer of one of the new planets.
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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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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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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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Astronomers announce recent discoveries of two Earth-like planets.
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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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PARIS - European astronomers announced Wednesday the discovery of what they say is the smallest known planet orbiting a star other than our sun.
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Taking full advantage of a rare solar "backlight," NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered a faint new ring around Saturn, as well as other interesting ring features.
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Astronomers on Wednesday announced they had spotted the first planet beyond the Solar System that has water, the precious ingredient for life.
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Two Neptune-sized planets have been discovered circling stars beyond our Solar System, US astronomers reported on Tuesday. The discoveries, which come less than a week after a similar announcement by European
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Eris is the new name for the solar body formerly known as Xena, while Pluto has a new number.
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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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The Cassini spacecraft has discovered two new moons at Saturn that may be the smallest bodies seen so far around the ringed planet, according to a NASA press release.
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The planet with the second largest number of moons now has two more. The US Cassini spacecraft discovered them around Saturn, bringing the giant ringed planet&#39;s known total to 33.