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Asteroid found in gravitational 'dead zone'
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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There are places in space where the gravitational tug between a planet and the Sun balance out, allowing other smaller bodies to remain stable. These places are called Lagrangian points. (2010-08-13)
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Pounding particles to create Neptune's water in the lab
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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We know 'icy' Neptune is partially comprised of water molecules but until now we have had little means to test how water behaves in the extreme conditions that Neptune presents. (2010-07-22)
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Scientists see billions of miles away
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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A large group of scientists, including Jay Pasachoff, Bryce Babcock, and Steven Souza at Williams College, reveal the character of one of the most distant objects in the solar system in a scientific paper to appear in the June 17 issue of the journal Nature. (2010-06-21)
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Exoplanet caught on the move
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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Only 12 million years old, or less than three-thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light-years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best-known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc. (2010-06-11)
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A gassy mystery: Researchers discover surprising exoplanetary atmosphere
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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A Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting a small star about 33 light years away could be a key stepping stone on the path to making sense of an Earth twin. (2010-04-22)
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Diamond is one tough cookie
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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Most people know that diamond is one of the hardest solids on Earth, so strong that it can easily cut through glass and steel. (2010-01-27)
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Caltech astronomer spots second smallest exoplanet
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and other institutions, using the highly sensitive 10-meter Keck I telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea, have detected an extrasolar planet with a mass just four times that of Earth. (2010-01-14)
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First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet hospitable to life. (2010-01-06)
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Astronomers find world with thick, inhospitable atmosphere and an icy heart
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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In this week's issue of Nature, astronomers announce the discovery of a planet around the nearby, low-mass star GJ1214. (2009-12-17)
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New planets around sun-like stars
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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An international team of planet hunters has found four new planets orbiting two nearby stars that are very similar to the Sun. These discoveries point the way to the detection of potentially habitable worlds within a few years. (2009-12-15)
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First super-Earths discovered around Sun-like stars
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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Two nearby stars have been found to harbor "super-Earths"― rocky planets larger than the Earth but smaller than ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune. Unlike previously discovered stars with super-Earths, both of the stars are similar to the Sun, suggesting to scientists that low-mass planets may be common around nearby stars. (2009-12-15)
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The first portrait of a cool planet
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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A bull's-eye in the hunt for planets: astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have discovered and directly imaged a faint celestial body that orbits the star GJ 758. (2009-12-08)
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32 new exoplanets found
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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The latest batch of exoplanets announced today comprises no less than 32 new discoveries. Including these new results, data from HARPS have led to the discovery of more than 75 exoplanets in 30 different planetary systems. (2009-10-20)
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NAE announces award winners John Casani and Sheila Widnall
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09/09/2010 02:02 AM
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During its 2009 annual meeting, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will present two awards for extraordinary impacts on the engineering profession. (2009-10-02)
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