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Planets Plentiful Around Abundant Red Dwarf Stars, Study Says
Good news for planet-hunters: planets around red dwarf stars are more abundant than previously believed, according to new research. A…
Is That Planet Habitable? Look To The Star First, New Study Cautions
Finding Earth 2.0, in the words of noted SETI researcher Jill Tarter, is something a lot of exoplanet searchers are…
First Cloudy Alien Planet Spotted From Earth
Call it cloudy with a low chance of meatballs. The alien world Kepler-7b -- a very reflective world in big…
How Spitzer’s Focus Changed To Strange New Worlds
After 10 years in space -- looking at so many galaxies and stars and other astronomy features -- the Spitzer…
Super-Earth’s Probable Water Atmosphere Revealed In Blue Light
Playing with the filters on a telescope can show us amazing things. In a recent case, Japanese astronomers looked at…
Smile! This Could Be The Lightest Alien Planet Ever Captured On Camera
We've found hundreds of planets outside the solar system, but taking a picture of one is still something quite special.…
Rocky Alien Planets: What The Heck Is On Their Surfaces?
We don't have the budget yet to send Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise to probe the surface of strange new worlds,…