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Ancient star system has Earth-sized planets forming near start of universeSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 28, 2015 A Sun-like star with orbiting planets, dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy, has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. At 11.2 billion years old it is the oldest star with earth-sized planets ever found and proves that such planets have formed throughout the history of the Universe. The discovery, announced in the Astrophysical Journal, used observations made by NASA's Kepler satellite. The scientific collaboration was led by the University of Birmingham and contributed to by t ... read more |
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 Cassini Catches Titan Naked in the Solar Wind UNH Scientists Launch "CubeSats" into Radiation Belts Japan delays launch of satellite due to weather Several Drives This Week Put Opportunity Near Marathon Distance The mouth of the beast British Satellite to Be Launched by Russian Proton-M Carrier Rocket | .. |
 Planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects Australian Research Council, UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, Royal Society, UK Natural Environment Research Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Thinking small has e ... more | .. |
 Telescope To Seek Dust Where Other Earths May Lie The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the "habitable zone" around a star, opening a new door to finding planets like Earth. Dust ... more | .. |
 Three nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby star NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, despite being hobbled by the loss of critical guidance systems, has discovered a star with three planets only slightly larger than Earth. The outermost planet orbits i ... more | .. |
 Three-Planet System Holds Clues to Atmospheres of Earth-size Worlds Extrasolar planets are being discovered by the hundreds, but are any of these newfound worlds really like Earth? A planetary system recently discovered by the Kepler spacecraft will help resolve thi ... more |
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 Meteorites weren't exactly the building blocks of young planets That meteorites and their collisions with early planetary masses played a predominant role in the formation of the early universe is a narrative popular among astronomers and the average high school science class. ... more | .. |
 NameExoWorlds contest opens The first ever contest allowing members of the public to name ExoWorlds begins its first round today, offering the registered clubs and non-profit organisations the chance to nominate their favourit ... more | .. |
 A twist on planetary origins Meteors that have crashed to Earth have long been regarded as relics of the early solar system. These craggy chunks of metal and rock are studded with chondrules - tiny, glassy, spherical grains th ... more | .. |
 Ground-breaking research to discover new planets Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have partnered with leading astrophysicists across Europe for a ground-breaking space research project that will form a crucial step in the quest to study ... more |
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NASA releases retro-styled travel posters for newly discovered planets As a unique way to draw attention to the increasing number of exoplanets discovered by the repaired and reinvigorated Kepler, NASA published three throwback travel posters showcasing alien worlds Kepler-16b, Kepler-186f and HD 40307g. ... more | .. |
 CfA: Eight New Planets Found in "Goldilocks" Zone Astronomers have announced that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist on the planet's surface. This doubles t ... more | .. |
 Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery How many stars like our sun host planets like our Earth? NASA's Kepler Space Telescope continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system, and to date has offered scientists an a ... more | .. |
 Gemini Planet Imager produces stunning observations in its first year Stunning exoplanet images and spectra from the first year of science operations with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) were featured in a press conference at the 225th meeting of the American Astronomi ... more |
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 Volunteer 'Disk Detectives' Classify Possible Planetary Habitats A NASA-sponsored website designed to crowdsource analysis of data from the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has reached an impressive milestone. In less than a year, citiz ... more | .. |
 NASA closer than ever to finding Earth's 'twin' NASA is closer than ever to finding a twin for the Earth, astronomers said Tuesday, announcing the discovery of eight new planets that circle in the habitable zones of their stars. ... more | .. |
 Eight new planets found in 'Goldilocks' zone Astronomers have announced that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist on the planet's surface. This doubles t ... more | .. |
 New Instrument Reveals Recipe For Other Earths How do you make an Earth-like planet? The "test kitchen" of Earth has given us a detailed recipe, but it wasn't clear whether other planetary systems would follow the same formula. Now, astronomers ... more |
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 Super-Earths Have Long-Lasting Oceans For life as we know it to develop on other planets, those planets would need liquid water, or oceans. Geologic evidence suggests that Earth's oceans have existed for nearly the entire history of our ... more | .. |
 Stretched-out solid exoplanets Astronomers could soon be able to find rocky planets stretched out by the gravity of the stars they orbit, according to a group of researchers in the United States. The team, led by Prabal Saxena of ... more | .. |
 Kepler Proves It Can Still Find Planets To paraphrase Mark Twain, the report of the Kepler spacecraft's death was greatly exaggerated. Despite a malfunction that ended its primary mission in May 2013, Kepler is still alive and working. Th ... more | .. |
NASA's Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft makes a comeback with the discovery of the first exoplanet found using its new mission - K2. The discovery was made when astronomers and engineers devised an ... more |
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Super-Earth spotted by ground-based telescope, a first For the first time, a ground-based telescope has observed a super-Earth alien planet passing in front of its host star. The exoplanet, roughly twice the size of Earth, is 55 Cancri e. Its host star is 55 Cancri, a Sun-like star 40 light-years away that can be spied with the naked eye in the Cancer constellation. ... more | .. |
 Observing Solar System Worlds as if They Were Distant Exoplanets "It takes one to know one," as the old truism goes. When it comes to unraveling the mysteries of far-off exoplanets, the same holds true - one more reason why astronomers want to thoroughly understa ... more | .. |
Astronomers spot Pluto-size objects swarming about young sun Researchers at Harvard have come across images that suggest a series of Pluto-sized object swarming about the outer reaches of a solar system anchored by a young star. ... more | .. |
 Queen's scientist leads study of 'Super-Earth' Research led by an astronomer at Queen's University Belfast could pave the way in the search for life on other planets. Up to now, only space-based telescopes have been able to detect planets ... more |
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