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Latest News About Alien Planets
An alien planet orbits a star other than our sun, and is sometimes called an "exoplanet." Learn more about the types of alien planets, including exoplanets and extrasolar planets, and get the latest news.
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Animation of tidally locked exoplanet CoRoT-1b orbiting its star and changing phases, as our moon does.
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds.
The discovery of the lightest exoplanet ever found has electrified a week-long meeting in Europe.
Astronomers detect lightest exoplanet yet; place another planet in habitable zone.
Spitzer telescope data suggests dust from asteroids, perhaps planets, around white dwarfs.
Astronomers find exoplanet hidden in Hubble images, hoping to find more.
Thousands of new exoplanets may need a new naming system.
NASA's Kepler planet-hunting space telescope launched into space late Friday.
The Kepler spacecraft will launch tonight to begin hunting for alien Earths.
The heat is on for NASA to launch the Kepler planet hunter late Friday.
NASA's new Kepler telescope will seek out new Earth-like planets beyond the scope of Europe's CoRoT.
New Kepler telescope will look for evidence of Earth-sized planets moving in Earth-like orbits.
NASA delayed the launch of the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft by a day for rocket checks.
NASA's Kepler observatory is set for a March 5 launch to hunt Earth-like worlds.
There are about ten thousand billion billion habitable planets in the observable universe, and some of these Earth-like worlds could be found soon.
New research reveals shock-waves storms echoing across an exoplanet.
Ground-based telescope detect thermal emission from exoplanet atmosphere.
NASA's Kepler observatory is set for a March 5 launch to hunt Earth-like worlds.
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