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NASA Discovery Nearly Doubles Number of Alien Worlds

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 01.27.2012

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Call it payday for planet hunters. The Kepler space telescope mission has detected 26 previously unknown planets orbiting their suns in 11 new planeta...

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The Fabric of My Cosmos

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 03.21.2012

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When I read last month that NASA's Kepler space telescope was allowing scientists to spy on a potentially habitable planet 600 light years away and co...

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Backyard Astronomer Discovers New Planet

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.19.2012

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There are billions of planets in our galaxy, and a hot, Neptune-sized planet orbiting an ordinary star called SPH10066540 might not seem unusual, but ...

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PHOTOS: NASA Makes 'Milestone' Discovery

HuffingtonPost.com | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 12.21.2011

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Scientists are one Earth-sized step closer to discovering a planet outside our solar system that could be suitable for life. In a study published o...

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Last Chance to Be Special?

Seth Shostak | Posted 02.04.2012

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Scientists connected with NASA's Kepler space telescope have announced the discovery of a planet orbiting a Sun-like star that may resemble our own world. Its name is Kepler-22b.

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Just Another Planet

Wes Nisker | Posted 01.15.2012

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One of my daily spiritual practices is to check on the condition of the universe. After all, that's where I live. At least for now.

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NASA Makes 'Star Wars'-Like Discovery

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.15.2011

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NASA reported on Thursday the discovery of Kepler 16b, a planet with two suns that evokes images of Luke Skywalker's home planet, Tatooine, from the "...

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A Bucketful of Worlds

Seth Shostak | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's raining planets. Members of the science team for NASA's Kepler telescope announced the tentative discovery of more than 1,200 worlds orbiting distant stars. Of these, approximately four dozen are candidates for being Earth's doppelgangers.

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NASA Spots 54 Potentially Life-Friendly Planets

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — An orbiting NASA telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, spotting more than 50 potenti...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Laurance Doyle, A Man of Many Firsts

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Laurance Doyle is a true renaissance man who thrives on discovery. His passion is to immerse himself into scientific mysteries and go "where no man has gone before."

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NASA Kepler Telescope Discovers Five New Planets

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — NASA's new planet-hunting telescope has found two mystery objects that are too hot to be planets and too small to be stars. The Ke...

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Kepler Telescope Blasts Into Space To Find Other Earths

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, rocketed into space Friday night on a historic voyage to track down other Earths...

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