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Wild Solar System Spotted Around Distant Star

space.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

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A young star observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope appears to be home to a wild -- and young -- planetary system that shares some of the frenetic dy...

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

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

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

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Astronomers Shocked: "The Edge Of The Solar System Is Tied Up With A Ribbon" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

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NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, has just produced new images of the solar system that has shocked astronomers. This first full-sized m...

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NASA: Finding a Second Earth Could Happen Anytime Now

www.dailygalaxy.com | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

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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...

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Building Blocks Of Life Found In Comet For The First Time

nytimes.com | KENNETH CHANG | Posted 09.18.2009 | Home

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For the first time, a building block of proteins -- and hence of life as we know it -- has been found in a comet. That adds to the prevailing notio...

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Report: NASA Can't Keep Up With Killer Asteroids

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — NASA is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth but doesn't have the money to complete the job, a f...

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Jupiter Collision Leaves Scientists Searching For Answers

Popular Mechanics | Andrew Moseman | Posted 09.02.2009 | Home

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Something invaded our solar system and whacked Jupiter, but professional astronomers were looking the other way at the time. Now, as the shock wave sl...

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NASA to launch probe to map solar system's edge

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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LOS ANGELES — A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the ed...

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