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SpaceChronicles of Lutetia
The surprising composition and terrain of an asteroid may provide a variety of lessons about the solar system.
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SpaceExistence of habitable exoplanet questioned
A Swiss team has failed to confirm what has recently been claimed to be the first planet outside the solar system that might be right for life.
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SpaceNew planet small but tough
Astronomers have confirmed a rocky planet outside the solar system for the first time.
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SpacePlanets take shape in embryonic gas clouds
A new theory of planetary formation may explain variety seen in extrasolar searches.
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SpaceAstrometry nabs an exoplanet
long-proposed method of searching for extrasolar planets has finally discovered one — a body six times heavier than Jupiter that orbits a dwarf star 20 light-years from Earth.
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AstronomyPlanet found around sun twin in star cluster
The exoplanet YBP1194b orbits a twin of the sun in the star cluster Messier 67. Astronomers found three planets orbiting stars in the cluster.
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AstronomyDust cloud, tail could explain exoplanet’s odd light pattern
KIC 12557548 b may be ejecting dust from its surface, creating a cometlike tail behind it and an opaque envelope of material around it.
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AstronomyExoplanet dangerously close to demise
Kepler-91b could be on the brink of death — at least on astronomical time scales.
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AstronomySigns of cloudy skies seen in two exoplanet atmospheres
Exoplanets GJ 436b and GJ 1214b have signatures of clouds in their atmospheres, but the skies are like nothing seen in the solar system.