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This astronomer's poem beautifully explains the monumental discovery of 7 Earth-sized planets
Researchers inspired by the new planetary system, which is about 39 light-years from Earth, are usi…
Dave Mosher
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An astronomer's animation shows how Earth and the moon both orbit a spot 3,000 miles from the true center of the planet
All planetary systems have a barycenter, a point where their mass is balanced. In the Earth-moon sy…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA partners SETI Institute on planetary protection
Washington, July 11 (IANS) NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a $4.7…
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Comets that bounce around the universe could be delivering the ingredients for life to alien planets
It could help narrow down the search for exoplanets that have the correct conditions for a comet to…
Marianne Guenot
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Pluto's dwarf planet status is 'bulls---,' says lead scientist of NASA mission
The problem, Stern said, is that the reclassification largely stemmed from the opinions of astronom…
Kelly Dickerson
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New Mapping Techniques Will Help Us Find The Next Earth
"The most exciting part of this result is that we were able to make these observations of an exopla…
Jennifer Welsh
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Pluto became a dwarf planet 9 years ago today - but that's 'bulls---,' according to a leading NASA scientist
The problem, Stern said, is that the reclassification largely stemmed from the opinions of astronom…
Kelly Dickerson
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A scientist's mesmerizing animation shows how our entire solar system orbits an unseen center — and it's not the sun
Jupiter, Saturn, and the sun play a constant game of tug-of-war around the invisible center of our …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers Find Tiniest Planet Ever
Kepler-37b, about one-third the size of Earth, is one of two other planets found in a region within…
Dina Spector
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A 9-year-old asked NASA for a job defending Earth from aliens - and the space agency personally responded
My name is Jack Davis and I would like to apply for the planetary protection officer job. I may be …
Dave Mosher
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A stunning animation by a planetary scientist shows how huge our solar system is - and why that makes it so hard to depict
James O'Donoghue, a planetary scientist at the Japanese space agency (JAXA) and formerly at NASA, r…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers discover three planets orbiting younger Sun-like star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting…
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This space telescope just uncovered more than 100 new planets, including a planetary system that might harbor life
"Our analysis shows that by the end of the K2 mission, we expect to double or triple the number of …
Ali Sundermier
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Astronomers spotted a distant planet in the middle of making its own moon
The disc surrounding this planet has enough dust and gas to form three moons the size of our own. T…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A diamond-encrusted meteorite that fell to Earth may come from a long-lost planet in our solar system
"Diamonds very often encapsulate and trap minerals and melts present in their formation environment…
Dave Mosher
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This 1-minute animation will change your perception of life in the universe
Today, astronomers have detected over 1,700 extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, with NASA's Kepler …
Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers caught a planet being born for the first time in a stunning new picture
PDS 70b has an atmosphere - but it's no place you'd want to visit. Astronomers who've studied the d…