new planets

It was one of 50 new planets that astronomers in Chile announced Monday that they have discovered, the Washington Post reports.

The more new planets we find, the less we seem to know about how planetary systems are born, according to a leading planet hunter.

The team report two new planets in the Astrophysical Journal bringing the total number known to be circling the star to six.

The interesting thing here is that until the scientific discovery of the two new planets, astrologers had not once mentioned them.

HD 85512 b is the only one of new planets, dubbed 'super-Earths' that is located in its star system's habitable zone.

The famous astrophysicist says that our only chance for long-term survival is to move away from Earth and begin to inhabit new planets.

In a seminar, the speaker anticipated that it's barely possible to find new planets through optical telescope.

As the enriched gas cools, a new generation of stars will form, and with them new planets.

Astrobiologists are also heartened by the recent explosion of new planets discovered outside our solar system.

Compared with Earth's leisurely 365-day orbit, the new planets practically whiz around their star in a matter of days or weeks.

An amateur astronomer is over the moon after discovering four new planets in his spare time at home.

Robert Irion has written about comets, black holes, new planets and other astronomical phenomena for Smithsonian.

We can use earthshine , together with our knowledge of the Earth's surface to help interpret the physical make up of new planets.

European astronomers have discovered 50 new planets beyond our solar system, including 16 which are a similar size to Earth.

The 50 new planets were announced at the Extreme Solar Systems II meeting, held this week in Moran, Wyoming.

The paper reports the discovery of two new planets around Gliese 581.

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