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345 results for: exoplanet

  1. Astronomy

    Mirror Earth

    The Search for Our Planet's Twin by Michael D. Lemonick.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Tech

    Reader favorites of 2013

    For this issue, the editors selected the 25 most important and intriguing science stories of the year. But online readers seemed to point to a different bunch, showing just how subjective such an exercise can be.

    By Science News Staff
  3. Astronomy

    Year in Review: Death of a planet hunter

    The Kepler space telescope finishes a brilliant career.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Astronomy

    Top exoplanet finds of 2013

    Here are some of the year’s most notable finds.

    By Ashley Yeager
  5. Planetary Science

    Exoplanet mass revealed in light

    A new method could help identify habitable planets.

    By Andrew Grant
  6. Astronomy

    Earth-mass planet resembles a mini-Neptune

    KOI-314c, an exoplanet 200 light-years away, is about 60 percent larger than Earth but made mostly of gas.

    By Andrew Grant
  7. Astronomy

    Passages

    By observing the minieclipses known as transits, when a distant planet passes in front of its parent star, astronomers are learning more about the size, composition, and temperature of exoplanets.

    By Ron Cowen
  8. Humans

    Science News of the Year 2007

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the past year.

    By Science News
  9. Astronomy

    ExtraSolar

    Astronomers hope that new tools will enable them to capture the first image of one of the 300 known planets orbiting distant stars.

    By Ron Cowen
  10. Astronomy

    Dead — but not duds

    White dwarfs shed light on physics and the fate of the cosmos.

    By Ashley Yeager
  11. Earth

    The Hunt for Habitable Planets

    Here and now, a new suite of small telescopes are poised to look for Earthlike planets beyond the solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  12. Science & Society

    2008: Science news of the year

    Science News editors and writers survey the top news from the world of science in 2008. The selected stories are featured in this year-end issue, with links to the original, longer stories.

    By Science News