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Earth-like Planet Forming In Nearby Star System, Astronomers Believe (October 4, 2007) -- An Earth-like planet is likely forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766, say astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Scientists have discovered a huge belt of warm ... > full story

Sign Of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming In Nearby Stellar Systems (October 2, 2007) -- Astronomers are pointing to three nearby stars they say may hold "embryonic planets" -- a missing link in planet-formation theories. As scientists try to piece together how our own planet came to be, ... > full story

Oldest Planet Yet Discovered Hints Earth May Survive Our Sun Becoming A Red Giant (September 27, 2007) -- Astronomers have identified the oldest planet yet discovered. This planet holds clues to our solar system's distant future as it orbits a dying sun. The discovery suggests that earth, which is at a ... > full story

Cornucopia Of Earth-sized Planets Modeled By NASA (September 25, 2007) -- In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models begin to describe an even wider range of Earth-size planets that astronomers might ... > full story

Exoplanet Offers Clues To Earth's Future (September 14, 2007) -- Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life. The news provides a preliminary picture of what could be the Earth's destiny in four to five billion years. That's when ... > full story

Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets Like Earth May Have Formed Around Other Stars (August 17, 2007) -- The chemical fingerprint of a burned-out star indicates that Earth-like planets may not be rare in the universe and could give clues to what our solar system will look like when our sun dies and ... > full story

Speeding Star: Johnny Appleseed Of The Cosmos (August 16, 2007) -- A new ultraviolet mosaic from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mira (pronounced my-rah) after ... > full story

Largest Transiting Extrasolar Planet Found Around A Distant Star (August 6, 2007) -- Astronomers with the Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey just announced discovery of TrES-4, a new extrasolar planet in the constellation Hercules. According to the lead author, TrES-4 is the largest ... > full story

Planet Orbiting A Giant Red Star Discovered With Hobby-Eberly Telescope (August 3, 2007) -- A planet orbiting a giant red star has been discovered by an astronomy team led by Penn State's Alex Wolszczan, who in 1992 discovered the first planets ever found outside our solar system. The new ... > full story

Diamonds Unlikely In Gas Giants Like Uranus (July 16, 2007) -- A new study finds that diamonds probably don't crystallize in the atmospheres of planets such as Uranus and Neptune. The conclusion is contrary to recent speculation that small diamonds would ... > full story

Giant Outer Extrasolar Planets Are Rare, Survey Suggests (July 13, 2007) -- Astronomers who used powerful telescopes in Arizona and Chile in a survey for planets around nearby stars have discovered that extrasolar planets more massive than Jupiter are extremely rare in other ... > full story

NASA's Stardust And Deep Impact Will Observe More Comets And Extrasolar Planets (July 10, 2007) -- Two NASA spacecraft now have new assignments after successfully completing their missions. The duo will make new observations of comets and characterize extrasolar planets. Stardust and Deep Impact ... > full story

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