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Search begins for giant new planet
2-15-2011 |
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Astronomers are on the hunt for a massive undiscovered planet lurking in our own solar system.
Kepler telescope finds over 1,200 planets
2-3-2011 | 154
It is believed that more than 50 of those discovered may be able to support life as we know it.
Kepler discovers its first rocky planet
1-12-2011 |
NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered the smallest known planet outside our Solar System.
Amateur astronomer discovers new planets
1-6-2011 | 17
A 45-year-old gas worker has discovered four new planets from home in his own spare time.
Can we find trees on other planets ?
1-4-2011 | 9
Two scientists have come up with a method to detect forests on extrasolar worlds.
Giant storm photographed on Saturn
12-29-2010 | 8
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken detailed pictures of a vast storm on the planet Saturn.
Should Pluto be a planet after all ?
11-21-2010 | 27
Pluto may have been demoted but it turns out it is the largest body in the outer solar system after all.
Giant extra-galactic planet discovered
11-20-2010 | 12
For the first time scientists have observed a planet that originated outside our own galaxy.
Two planets, two stars, one system
10-28-2010 | 0
Astronomers have discovered two Jupiter-like planets orbiting two close sister stars.
NASA preps "100-year-spacecraft"
10-21-2010 | 18
A senior NASA official has announced a project to create a new type of interplanetary spacecraft.
$438 million mission to Mars greenlit
10-8-2010 | 0
NASA has greenlit an ambitious Mars mission designed to study how the planet lost its atmosphere.
Newly discovered planet "just right" for life
10-5-2010 | 118
An Earth-like planet only 20 light years away has been tipped as having the perfect conditions for life.
Jupiter to make closest approach to Earth
9-20-2010 | 8
The planet Jupiter will be particularly bright in the night sky during its closest approach this month.
Alien oceans could be detected by telescopes
9-12-2010 | 1
Scientists are hopeful that a space telescope to be launched in 2014 will be able to see oceans on other planets.
Neptune nears end of first orbit since discovery
8-21-2010 | 2
The planet Neptune is nearing the end of its first complete orbit since it was discovered in 1846.
NASA plans future Venus mission
8-1-2010 | 29
With interest in Venus increasing NASA are considering ways in which to explore the planet in a future mission.
Ancient species of shrimp discovered
7-30-2010 | 13
A rare shrimp that could be the oldest animal species on the planet has been found alive and well in Scotland.
Remains of Earth's largest rat discovered
7-27-2010 | 13
Remains of the largest rat every to walk the planet have been discovered in a cave in East Timor.
Messenger probe performs final Mercury flyby
7-16-2010 | 1
NASA's Messenger probe has revealed intense electromagnetic storms in the planet's magnetic "tail".
Astronomers baffled by far-out world
7-5-2010 | 11
Astronomers have spotted an unusual planet that's size and position in relation to its star is baffling.
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