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Alien
Worlds through Artists' Eyes
29 April 2003 There are more than 100 known planets around other stars.
Yet so far all of these extrasolar worlds are known through limited data
and by their shadows. We "see" them only through artists' eyes.
Shadow Moons
The
Unknown Sub-Worlds that Might Harbor Life
08 October 2002: Mounting discoveries of planets around other stars are
fueling anticipation among most astronomers that our solar system is a
reasonable model for the kinds of objects that probably exist around many
stars. If they are right, then the galaxy could be loaded with billions
of planets -- and a far greater number of moons.
Wild
New Theory for Building Planets
09 July 2002: A radical and controversial new theory of planet formation
suggests our solar system was created in a faraway, chaotic environment
that has in recent years come to be viewed as largely inhospitable to
planets.
Astronomers
on Brink of Watershed in Planet Discoveries
24 June 2002: The world's top planet hunters are rushing headlong into
Phase II of the search for solar systems like ours, during which they
expect the number of known extrasolar planets to rise dramatically from
its present total of about 100.
Other
Worlds Not So Strange, Top Planet Hunter Says
14 May 2002:
The popular conception of planets around other stars involves strange
worlds, all much larger than Jupiter on crazy paths in solar systems that
look nothing like our own. But within the planet-hunting community, that
view has changed.
Our
Solar System as Seen by Alien Astronomers
12 February
2002: If alien astronomers from a nearby star system pointed their version
of the Hubble Space Telescope at Earth, astronomer Markus Landgraf believes
they would not see our planet but they would find hints of our presence.
New
Era Dawns in Search for Other Worlds
23 January 2002: Astronomers are using dust grains to gain tantalizing
new insights into the earliest stages of planet formation.
Search
for Another Earth Quietly Underway
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