Search results for planets outside our solar system:
Exploring planets in distant space and deep interiors
Feb 14, 2009 |
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In recent years researchers have found hundreds of new planets beyond our solar system, raising questions about the origins and properties of these exotic worlds—not to mention the possible presence of life. Speaking at a ...
Jupiter-like planets could form around twin suns
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life on a planet ruled by two suns might be a little complicated. Two sunrises, two sunsets. Twice the radiation field.
Building Planet Earth
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A new study shows how rocky planets are formed from the manic swirl of gas and dust that surround a young star, and determines what chemical building blocks are used to construct the planets. Understanding ...
Wobbly planets could reveal Earth-like moons
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Moons outside our Solar System with the potential to support life have just become much easier to detect, thanks to research by an astronomer at University College London (UCL).
Magnetic fields record the early histories of planets
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning ...
Dirty stars make good solar system hosts (w/ Video)
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Some stars are lonely behemoths, with no surrounding planets or asteroids, while others sport a skirt of attendant planetary bodies. New research published this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters explains why the co ...
The search for ET just got easier
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Astronomers using the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma have confirmed an effective way to search the atmospheres of planets for signs of life, vastly improving ...
Scientists Find Asteroids Are Missing, and Possibly Why
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The patterns of missing asteroids are like the footprints of wandering giant planets preserved in the asteroid belt.
Researcher hunts for new planets, seeking clues on solar system's origin
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cornell assistant professor of astronomy works on instrumentation that searches the night skies for planets outside our solar system, called extrasolar planets.
New computer simulations show how special the solar system is
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers, using recent data from the 300 exoplanets ...
Scientists discover new planet orbiting dangerously close to giant star
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A team of astronomers from Penn State and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland has discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272, which is much older than our own Sun. The ...
Jupiter, solar system's 'big bully,' takes a punch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have been turning the world's most powerful telescopes toward Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, ever since Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered a new ...
Refining the search for new planets
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- SF State's planet hunting team is trying new avenues of investigation in the quest to discover planets beyond our solar system. At the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in January, ...
Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers searching for rocky planets that could support life in other solar systems should look outside, as well as within, the so-called "habitable zone," University of Arizona planetary ...
Earth-Venus smash-up possible in 3.5 billion years: study
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A force known as orbital chaos may cause our Solar System to go haywire, leading to possible collision between Earth and Venus or Mars, according to a study released Wednesday.
