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Stories about: microlensing

Microlensing Reveals Rocky Exoplanet By using an investigations technique called microlensing, astronomers were recently able to discover a new rocky extrasolar planet, which they say could contribute a great deal to our understanding of how the planetary formation process usually unfolds. The newly-found object is called MOA-2009-BLG-266, and early... 18 June 2011 04:09 GMT Dark Energy Can Help the Quest for Life Astronomers have realized since the beginning of the global financial crisis that a lot less money will enter their pockets for conducting scientific research. Some very important projects were abandoned, even though they held great promise, so, now, the community has to turn to innovation to keep funds coming in. It... 20 November 2009 01:31 GMT First Exoplanet in Another Galaxy Found With more than 300 exoplanets discovered thus far inside the Milky Way, this field of astronomical research is expanding at an exponential rate. Despite the fact that a single extra-solar planet has thus far been identified directly, experts know that the other hundreds exist because they can detect their influence o... 9 June 2009 20:01 GMT