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Moonstruck
As one of the first astronomers to seriously hunt for moons that orbit exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars beyond our sun, Kipping has taken on an unusually challenging task.
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Not so super?
Super Earths might not be super-habitable.
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Bet on red
Kepler finds that nearby red dwarf stars may have Earth-size exoplanets.
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Retro-active
Astronomers with the Subaru telescope in Hawaii have unraveled the mystery of a backwards-orbiting planet.
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Blankets of brown
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed "weather map" yet for this class of cool, star-like orbs. The forecast shows wind-driven, planet-sized clouds enshrouding these strange worlds.
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Amateur achievements
Planet Hunters participants find a gas giant and 42 confirmed planets in Kepler data.
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Extreme Planet Makeover
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February 13, 2013
Moonstruck
As one of the first astronomers to seriously hunt for moons that orbit exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars beyond our sun, David Kipping has taken on an unusually challenging task.
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February 06, 2013
Bet on red
Kepler finds that nearby red dwarf stars may have Earth-size exoplanets.
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February 01, 2013
Retro-active
Astronomers with the Subaru telescope in Hawaii have unraveled the mystery of a backwards-orbiting planet.
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January 09, 2013
Blankets of brown
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed "weather map" yet for this class of cool, star-like orbs. The forecast shows wind-driven, planet-sized clouds enshrouding these strange worlds.
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January 08, 2013
Amateur achievements
Planet Hunters participants find a gas giant and 42 confirmed planets in Kepler data.
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January 07, 2013
Kepler continues to get its kicks
NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's "habitable zone," the region in the planetary system where liquid water might exist on the surface of a planet.
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January 07, 2013
A little help from its friends
Kepler's groundbreaking mission has been supported with an array of ground and space-based follow-up projects.
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January 04, 2013
Cosmic conversation
NExScI Executive Director Charles Beichman talks about exoplanets with KPCC's David Lazarus.
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January 03, 2013
Planets aplenty
New study confirms the galaxy is chock-full of other worlds.
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November 19, 2012
Shootin' a Sup-Jup
Astronomers using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a "super-Jupiter" around the bright star Kappa Andromedae, which now holds the record for the most massive star known to host a directly imaged planet or lightweight brown dwarf companion.
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The artist's conception shows a hypothetical planet with two moons orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf...
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