http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The next generation of instruments for ground-based telescopes took a leap forward with the development of a new ultra-fast camera that can take 1,500 finely exposed images per second even when observing extremely faint objects. http://www.physorg.com/news164548647.html Technology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:29:20 EST news164548647 An international team of researchers has found a planet around another star whose orbit is steeply tilted from the plane of the star's equator, a finding that contradicts some theories about how solar systems form. http://www.physorg.com/news164466505.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:09:25 EST news164466505 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has found that giant exoplanets orbiting very close to their stars could lose a quarter of their mass during their lifetime. The team found that planets that orbit closer than 2% of an Astronomical Unit (AU), the distance between the Earth and the Sun, may lose their atmospheres completely, leaving just their core. http://www.physorg.com/news159557321.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:29:12 EST news159557321 (PhysOrg.com) -- Transiting exoplanets are routinely detected when they pass in front of their parent star as viewed from the Earth, which only happens by chance. The transit event causes a small drop in the observed starlight, which can then be detected. Fifty-five exoplanets have been detected this way since the observation of the first transiting planet HD 209458 b in 1999. http://www.physorg.com/news151168570.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:10 EST news151168570