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A professor at Penn State’s Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds has discovered a binary star system comprising a pair of brown dwarf stars, just 6.5 light years from the Sun. In astronomical terms, the new system is in Earth's backyard.
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New telescopes such as the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) soon to come into use will be able to hunt for life by determining whether the atmospheres of small terrestrial exoplanets contain oxygen or other biomarker gases.
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During the three or so years since launch NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has discovered many new planets outwith our solar system – exoplanets. NASA has announced that Kepler will continue boldly seeking out new celestial bodies, at least till 2016.
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Using the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, astronomers have discovered an orphaned planet meandering through space without a parent star or solar system.
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Scientists have found a new exoplanet that they believe may have the right conditions to support life. The new planet, called HD 40307 g, is part of a six-planet system.
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Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have discovered four white dwarf stars that are surrounded by cosmic dust from shattered planetary bodies. One star is in the process of consuming an Earth-like exoplanet.
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Every day, physicists, astronomers and scientists discover something new about the universe we live – and beyond. What were some of the top out-of-this-world space stories of the year?
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NASA's Kepler spacecraft has detected its first known exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone. Kepler-22b orbits its star in the narrow region where liquid water is potentially possible on its surface.
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More than 700 extra solar planets have been discovered since 1992. Scientists suggest that 15 exoplanets and 30 exomoons are potentially habitable, but now researchers have posted the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog online to view habitability.
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According to the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia, a database of new alien worlds compiled by astrobiologist Jean Schneider of the Paris-Meudon Observatory, the total number of alien worlds that have been discovered since 1992, now stands at over 700.
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Left: "An artist’s impression of the view from a moon around PH2 b (Haven Giguere). Right: the star PH2/KIC 12735740
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