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Many are preparing to draw closer together on Thanksgiving, and that includes space interaction as well. Comet ISON, which has more popularly been referred to as the...

Hot, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Found by Astronomers

Astronomers this week revealed that the mass of exoplanet Kepler 78b has been determined. The planet, located 400 light-y...

Clouds Mapped on Jupiter-Like Exoplanet

Though much of the agency is preparing to shut down, NASA this week announced that astronomer...

Smallest Planet Yet Spotted Around Sun-Like Star

Astronomers this week announced they have directly imaged the smallest planet yet found around a sun-like star. The plane...

New Neptune Moon Found by Hubble Space Telescope

NASA this week revealed that a new moon has been spotted orbiting the furthest planet from the sun, Neptune. The moon, the 1...

Hubble Telescope Spots a Blue Planet

Astronomers have been finding and cataloging exoplanets for yea...

Three Planets Found in the Habitable Zone of Nearby Star

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) this week announced it has found six planets in the Gliese 667C system, and that three o...

Giant Planet Formation May Have Been Spotted

Astronomers have found what could be the first-ever sighting of a plan...

NASA’s Kepler Finds Extra-Solar Planets Smaller Than Earth

Over the past year, NASA's Kepler mission has found...

Earth-Sized Planets May be Close by, Shows Study

Astronomers this week published a new study that estimates six percent of red dwarf stars may have Earth-sized...

Comet-Like Ionosphere Seen on Venus

New observations of Venus have shown that the planet's ionosphere on its night side resembles a comet's tail. The observation...

Rogue Planet Orbit Spotted by NASA’s Hubble

New images of the Fomalhaut star system could show evidence of a "titanic planetary disruption." Astronomers have found t...

461 New Planet Candidates Discovered by NASA’s Kepler, Including Four Earth-Like Ones

Astronomers last week announced that they estimate there to be...

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