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Extrasolar Planets
Artist’s illustration of the GJ 273 system, which consists of a red dwarf star and two known planets, one of which may be capable of supporting life. Credit: Danielle Futselaar/METI If there…
The discovery of an exomoon could be years away, but researchers are already theorizing the conditions under which liquid water might be found on their surfaces. By Elizabeth Howell www.seek…
The European Space Agency’s Science Programme Committee has approved the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission to move into the construction phase. They aim to launch thi…
NASA will announce the latest crop of planet discoveries from the Kepler Space Telescope during a briefing Monday morning (June 19). The briefing will be at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) during the …
Nearly 2,000 planets have been discovered outside our solar system, but this just might be the strangest one yet. Ed Mazza The Huffington Post 3-31-16 A lava-loaded “super earth” called 55 …
