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Giant Planet Formation May Have Been Spotted

Giant Planet Formation May Have Been Spotted

By Sean Patterson February 28, 2013 | 1 Comment

Astronomers have found what could be the first-ever sighting of a planet forming while still in the midst of a dust cloud surrounding a star. The object, which orbits the star HD 100546, is only 335 light-years from Earth and …

100 Billion Planets Populate the Milky Way Galaxy 100 Billion Planets Populate the Milky Way Galaxy
By · January 3, 2013

For years now, NASA‘s Kepler mission has been confirming the existence of planets outside our solar system. Now, a new review of Kepler data suggests that there are billions upon billions of planets just in the Milky Way galaxy. “There …

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Giant Planet Formation Revealed in New Observations Giant Planet Formation Revealed in New Observations
By · January 2, 2013 · 2 Comments

Astronomers have spotted a system that could reveal a key stage in the formation of giant planets. For the first time, images of vast gas streams flowing across a gap in the accretion disc of a young star have been …

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Cassini to Track Venus Transit, Study Exoplanets Cassini to Track Venus Transit, Study Exoplanets
By · December 20, 2012

NASA announced today that it will begin using the Cassini probe’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) for uses other than studying Saturn and its moons. On Friday, from its vantage point in orbit around Saturn, the VIMS will be …

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New “Super-Jupiter” Directly Imaged by Astronomers New “Super-Jupiter” Directly Imaged by Astronomers
By · November 19, 2012 · 1 Comment

Astronomers have directly imaged a “super-Jupiter” planet orbiting around the star Kappa Andromedae. According to NASA, Kappa Andromedae now holds the record for the most massive star to host a directly imaged planet or lightweight brown dwarf companion. The planet, …

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NASA's Kepler Telescope Ends Its Prime Mission NASA's Kepler Telescope Ends Its Prime Mission
By · November 15, 2012 · 1 Comment

NASA this week marked the end of the Kepler Space Telescope’s prime mission, which began in March 2009. Like other NASA equipment, the telescope is now beginning another, extended mission NASA says could last as long as four years. Kepler’s …

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Close Rogue Planet Identified by ESO Astronomers Close Rogue Planet Identified by ESO Astronomers
By · November 15, 2012

Astronomers have identified what is “very probably” a relatively close-by planet hurtling through space – not orbiting a star. The European Southern Observatory used its Very Large Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope to study the object, which it calls the …

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New "Super Earth" Planet Discovered New "Super Earth" Planet Discovered
By · November 9, 2012 · 14 Comments

U.K. and German Astronomers announced this week that they have discovered a new “super Earth” planet that could, conceivably, have an Earth-like climate. The planet exists in the habitable zone of a nearby star called HD 40307 and is part …

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NASA Wants to Keep Kepler Mission Going NASA Wants to Keep Kepler Mission Going
By · April 4, 2012

The Kepler mission may be extended for another two years after a report from NASA’s senior review board. The spacecraft was named in honor of the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler and was launched in March 2009. It was supposed …

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