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How common are terrestrial, habitable planets around sun-like stars?

Once again news from the Kepler mission is making the rounds, this time with a research paper outlining a theory that Earth-like planets may be more common around class F, G and K stars than originally expected.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8

Solar systems around dead Suns?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found that at least 1 in 100 white dwarf stars show evidence of orbiting asteroids and rocky planets, suggesting ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 3