Planets

Planets 'Spotted' Outside Our Own Galaxy For First Time

Telegraph | Tom Chivers | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology


Astronomers have discovered evidence of alien planets outside our own galaxy for the first time. ...

Dozens Of "Earth-Like" Planets Discovered Outside Solar System

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology


WASHINGTON — European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many p...

Saturn: New Ring Discovered By NASA Telescope

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


PASADENA, Calif. — The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propul...

NASA: Finding a Second Earth Could Happen Anytime Now

www.dailygalaxy.com | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green


Astronomers may be on the brink of discovering a second Earth-like planet, a find that would add fresh impetus to the search for extraterrestrial life...

Suicidal Planet Seems On Death Spiral Into Star

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


WASHINGTON — Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet. The odd, fiery planet is so close to its star and so large t...

WASP-17, Newfound Planet, Orbits Backward

Space | Jeanna Bryner and Robert Roy Britt | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home


Planets orbit stars in the same direction that the stars rotate. They all do. Except one. A newfound planet orbits the wrong way, backward compared t...

Solar Eclipse on July 22

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living


A total solar eclipse passing over some of Earth's most densely populated regions on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, may become the most viewed eclipse ever...

Space Savers

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living


Tess Ghilaga

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