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New planet could support life – ESO observatory
A new extrasolar system planet can be added to a handful of fellow exoplanets which could theoretically support life, the European Southern Observatory says
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Earth-like planet orbiting star nearest our Solar System
Scientists confirm the presence of an Earth like exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri the star nearest our Solar System
Scientists to unveil new Earth-like planet – report
The exoplanet orbits a well investigated star called Proxima Centauri part of the Alpha Centauri star system German weekly Der Spiegel says
Scientists discover strange planet with 3 stars
The planet named HD 131399Ab is located about 340 light years from Earth and is believed to be about 16 million years old
New clue sheds some light on mysterious 'dark matter'
We ve found for the first time that it may have more tricks up its sleeve – it might be affecting things around it in other ways through other forces
Chile hilltop flattened for world's largest telescope
The European Extremely Large Telescope E ELT telescope being built by the European Southern Observatory aims to give astronomers new insight into the origins of the universe
Far-off planet Beta Pictoris b in a spin
Scientists measure an alien planet s rotation at a breakneck 90 000 kilometers per hour or approximately 8 Earth hours
Astronomers ring in startling asteroid find
The twin rings around a rock called Chariklo were spotted in June last year as it passed in front of a star scrutinized by seven telescopes
Star masses also yield exoplanets
Astronomers using an exoplanet hunting instrument at the European Southern Observatory ESO in the Chilean desert find that planets are probably just as common in star clusters
Biggest known star ripping itself apart – astronomers
Red supergiant W26 with a diameter 3 000 times that of the Sun is becoming unstable and shedding its outer layers
Trio of 'super Earths' in a star's habitable zone
The 3 are part of a cluster of as many as seven planets that circle Gliese 667C one of 3 stars located a relatively close 22 light years from Earth
In feat, telescope directly spots lightweight exoplanet
The new discovery is a gas giant about four to five times the mass of Jupiter the largest planet of our solar system
Milky Way stars catalogued in massive new image
Astronomers said Wednesday October 24 they have produced an image capturing some 84 million stars at our universe s core in a massive survey of the Milky Way
Earth-sized planet found orbiting nearest star
The planet swings close to the star Alpha Centauri B one of a triple star system that is 4 3 light years away which in cosmic terms is just next door to us
Giant Chile telescope spots unique spiral structure
Astronomers using a powerful Chile based telescope on Wednesday October 10 released a rare image of a spiral shell of cosmic dust and gas surrounding a red giant star
Chilean telescope finds sugar molecules near star
Astronomers using a powerful radio telescope in Chile said Wednesday August 29 that they had discovered sugar molecules one of the building blocks of life orbiting a young star similar to the Sun
