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Nearby star may have nine extrasolar planets
4-7-2012 |
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At 127 light years distant the HD 10180 system shares many similarities with our own Solar System.
NASA to scale back Mars budget
2-13-2012 | 23
NASA executives are to make significant cuts to its exploration of other planets in our solar system.
Every star has planets, new study suggests
1-12-2012 | 13
A team of scientists has found evidence to suggest that every star in the universe has planets.
Can Earth survive the Sun as a red giant ?
12-23-2011 | 11
Two planets have been found that appear to have survived their star's destructive red giant phase.
SETI to focus on extrasolar planets
12-8-2011 | 38
SETI are back thanks to new funding and is turning its attention towards newly discovered alien worlds.
50 new extrasolar planets discovered
9-13-2011 | 106
Astronomers have announced the discovery of 50 exoplanets, one of which could be habitable.
Alien life more likely on 'Dune' planets
9-4-2011 | 75
Life in the universe may be most likely to exist on desert planets rather than Earth-like worlds.
The world's largest solar-powered boat
5-30-2011 | 5
The Turanor PlanetSolar is circumnavigating the world's oceans to prove that renewable energy can work.
Search begins for life on 86 planets
5-15-2011 | 21
A giant radio telescope has started listening for signs of ET on 86 earth-like extrasolar planets.
Interstellar planets could harbour life
5-15-2011 | 20
Planets that exist on their own away from stars or orbits could potentially host alien life.
Two planets discovered sharing one orbit
2-28-2011 | 32
Kepler has found something unlike anything seen before - two planets sharing the same orbit.
Planet discovery rekindles ET life debate
2-25-2011 | 33
Recent discoveries of planets outside our solar system make finding alien life seem more and more likely.
500m planets in our galaxy could support life
2-21-2011 | 45
Data from NASA's Kepler telescope suggests there are 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.
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.
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.
Two planets, two stars, one system
10-28-2010 | 0
Astronomers have discovered two Jupiter-like planets orbiting two close sister stars.
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.
Temperate planet found in distant solar system
3-18-2010 | 5
Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter sized exoplanet that resembles planets in our own solar system.
Habitable planet discovery "within four years"
1-10-2010 | 11
Astronomers say they are on the verge of discovering habitable Earth-like planets in orbit around distant stars.
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