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- By Tudor Vieru
- February 17th, 2014
Exomoons May Be Baked Before They Can Develop Life
Their parent stars and host planets may scorch them ahead of time
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 20th, 2013
Planet Traps Keep Gas Giants from Plunging into Parent Stars
New study shows how these worlds avoid a fiery death
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 6th, 2012
Alien World Confirmed to Be Disintegrating
The exoplanet was discovered less than 4 months ago
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 18th, 2012
Exoplanet Is Being Vaporized by Its Parent Star
The object appears to be turning into dust, scientists say
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 7th, 2012
Potential Explanation for How Brown Dwarfs Form Proposed
The model combines data from several existing theories
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 30th, 2012
Giant Exoplanet Split into Two Earth-Sized Chunks
Its parent star was most likely responsible for this phenomenon
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars
This preference is dictated by the amount of radiations the stars emit
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- By Tudor Vieru
- March 14th, 2012
Extremely-Compact Star System Rendered in Artist's Image
The system has been named KOI-961, an interesting name by all accounts
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 9th, 2012
Exoplanets May Conceal Themselves Within Protoplanetary Disks
Researchers say we could fin Earth-like worlds at these locations
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- By Tudor Vieru
- March 5th, 2012
Exoplanetary Atmosphere Found Harboring Water Vapors
The object has been under research for the past couple of years
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 24th, 2012
Runaway Exoplanets May Permeate the Milky Way
Astronomers have focused very little on these objects up until now
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 24th, 2012
Habitable Zones Around Red Dwarfs Larger Than First Thought
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 21st, 2012
Atmospheric Reflections Could Reveal Exoplanets
Scattered light could pinpoint the location of habitable worlds
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 11th, 2012
Tidal Forces Can Remove Water from Alien Worlds
This phenomenon could turn them into Venus-like planets
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 3rd, 2012
Super-Earth Found in Its Star's Habitable Zone
The extrasolar planet was discovered only recently
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 12th, 2012
Most Stars Have Planets in Orbit
Exoplanets are apparently the norm, not the exception, in the Milky Way
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 22nd, 2011
Exoplanets That Survived Their Star's Death Found
The worlds were not destroyed when their star became a red giant