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Planet Formation

Alien Planet's Extreme Orbit Puts Key Theory In Doubt

Space.com | Mike Wall | Posted 06.14.2013 | Science
Read More: Exoplanet, Alien Planet, Tw-Hydrae, Nasa, Astronomy, Space, Hubble Space Telescope, Solar System, Space Photos, Planet Formation, Science News

This story was updated at 5:15 p.m. EDT. Astronomers have found evidence of an alien planet forming surprisingly far from its host star, a discovery...

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Strange Object Near Star Tied To 'Comet Factory'

Space.com | Elizabeth Howell | Posted 06.07.2013 | Science
Read More: Dust Trap, Planets, Comet Factory, Astronomy, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Space, Dust Trap Comets, Solar System, Planet Formation, Comets, Science News

A mysterious object lurking near the young star Oph IRS 48 could, along with observations of dust grains, change our understanding of planet formatio...

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Was Venus 'Doomed' From The Very Start?

| Posted 06.03.2013 | Science
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By Ken Croswell Was young Venus an Eden or a hell? Though the planet is closer to the sun than Earth is, our star was dimmer in those early years, ...

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Young Star Yields Big Surprise About How Planets Form

Posted 01.03.2013 | Science
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By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 01/02/2013 01:07 PM EST on SPACE.com Astronomers studying a newborn star have caught a detailed glimpse of plane...

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SPOTTED: Alien Planets Being Born

Posted 11.30.2012 | Science
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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 11/30/2012 10:32 AM EST on SPACE.com Astronomers have detected dust grains glomming together around a faraway star, ...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Ignacio Mosqueira -- Worlds in the Making

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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By Gail Jacobs Dr. Ignacio Mosqueira is an astrophysicist at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute. He works wi...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Paul Estrada -- From Dust to Planets

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: SETI Institute, Universe, Nasa, Cassini, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Galileo, Cosmos, Space Exploration, Planets, Astrophysics, Planet Formation, Moons, Callisto, Ganymede, Satellites, Voyager, Saturn, Solar System, Jupiter, Science, Technology News
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By Gail Jacobs If planets are a dime a dozen, moons are less than a penny each. There are at least 139 moons just within our own solar system. Most o...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Meet Dr. Uma Gorti -- Video

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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This one-minute excerpt comes from a special colloquium celebrating the 25th anniversary of the SETI Institute. Watch a video of Dr. Uma Gorti givin...

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