Astronomer confirms a new "Super-Earth" planet
A University of British Columbia astronomer is a key player in the discovery of a new exoplanet, out beyond our solar system.
Astronomy
Dec 19, 2014
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The origin of Uranus and Neptune elucidated?
A team of French-American researchers led by the UTINAM Institute (CNRS/Université de Franche-Comté) has just proposed a solution to the problematic chemical composition of Uranus and Neptune, thus providing clues for understanding ...
Astronomy
Sep 24, 2014
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Astronomers identify signature of Earth-eating stars
(Phys.org) —Some Sun-like stars are 'Earth-eaters.' During their development they ingest large amounts of the rocky material from which 'terrestrial' planets like Earth, Mars and Venus are made.
Astronomy
May 20, 2014
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Many small exoplanets found to be covered in gas
During its four-year mission, NASA's Kepler space telescope discovered thousands of "planetary candidates" in our Milky Way galaxy—the vast majority of which are almost certainly actual planets. But before scientists can ...
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2014
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Hubble finds new Neptune moon
(Phys.org) —NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet.
Astronomy
Jul 15, 2013
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Hunt for distant planets intensifie (w/ Video)
(Phys.org)—When astronomers discovered planet GJ 1214b circling a star more than 47 light-years from Earth in 2009, their data presented two possibilities: Either it was a mini-Neptune shrouded in a thick atmosphere of ...
Astronomy
Feb 19, 2013
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Research model suggests moons of some planets developed from rings
(Phys.org)—French researchers Sébastien Charnoz and Aurélien Crida have proposed in a paper published in the journal Science that moons that orbit some of the planets in our solar system came about due to accretion from ...
Cheops to study super-earths
(Phys.org)—Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced today. Its launch is expected in 2017. Cheops – for CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite ...
Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2012
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Asteroid 2012 TC4 to buzz Earth on October 12
Asteroid 2012 TC4 will give Earth a relatively close shave on October 12, 2012, passing at just a quarter of the distance to the orbit of the Moon. Discovered by Pan-STARRS observatory in Hawaii just last week on October ...
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2012
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Planetrise: Astronomers spy two planets in tight quarters as they orbit a distant star
A research team led by astronomers at the University of Washington and Harvard University has discovered a bigger version of Earth locked in an orbital tug-of-war with a much larger, Neptune-sized planet as they orbit very ...
Astronomy
Jun 21, 2012
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