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Published Eyeing up Earth-like planets - Eyeing up Earth-like planets


Almost 2000 exoplanets have been discovered to date, ranging from rocky Earth-like planets to hot-Ju ...
Published Small solar eruptions can have profound effects on unprotected planets - Small Solar Eruptions: The Profound Effects on Unprotected Planets


While no one yet knows what's needed to build a habitable planet, it's clear that the interplay betw ...
Published Rediscovering Venus to find faraway Earths: Measuring gravitational pull of a planet should speed search - Rediscovering Venus to Find Faraway Earths: Measuring Gravitational Pull of a Planet Should Speed Search


As the search for Earth-like planets wages on, a team of researchers may have found a way to speed u ...
Published Planet Nine hypothesis supported by new evidence - Planet Nine Hypothesis Supported by New Evidence


Last year, the existence of an unknown planet in our Solar system was announced. However, this hypot ...
Published Discovery of planet too big for its sun throws off solar system formation models



The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was prev ...
Published Key to rapid planet formation



Researchers have developed a new model to explain the formation of giant planets such as Jupiter, wh ...
Published Giant planets cast a deadly pall



Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors aroun ...
Published New findings support long-proposed process of planet formation



Scientists just made a breakthrough discovery in revealing how planets are made. By observing water ...
Published Evidence of a real ninth planet discovered - Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet Discovered


Researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the o ...
Published New study indicates limited water circulation late in the history of Mars - New Study Indicates Limited Water Circulation Late in the History of Mars


A research team has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography. The techn...
Published Jupiter bumped giant planet from our solar system - Jupiter Bumped Giant Planet from Our Solar System


It's like something out of an interplanetary chess game. Astrophysicists have found that a close enc...
Published The planet that could end life on Earth - The Planet That Could End Life on Earth


A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar ...
Published Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories - Surprisingly Dense Exoplanet Challenges Planet Formation Theories


New detailed observations reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, tha...
Published Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status - Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status


Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: regardless of what one prestigious scientific organizati...
Published Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory - Martian Meteorite Upsets Planet Formation Theory


A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth ...
Published Earth was created much faster than we thought: This makes the chance of finding other habitable planets in the Universe more likely - Earth was created much faster than we thought: This makes the chance of finding other habitable planets in the Universe more likely



Over the past decades, researchers thought Earth was created over a period of more than 100 million...
Published Monster planet is 'dancing with the stars' - Monster Planet is 'Dancing with the Stars'


A team of scientists has discovered a highly unusual planetary system comprised of a sun-like star,...
Published How do rocky planets really form? - How Do Rocky Planets Really Form?


A new theory could explain the origin and properties of systems of rocky super-Earths and their rela...
Published The search for habitable planets expands - The Search for Habitable Planets Expands: A New Era of Space Exploration



Astronomers are suggesting a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that takes into acco ...
Published Newly-discovered planet is hot, metallic and dense as Mercury - Newly-Discovered Planet: A Hot, Metallic, and Dense World


A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury -- situated 339 light years aw ...