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| | | | | There was an announcement today that the Kepler mission has confirmed the existence of a planet that is the most Earth-like that has ever been discovered. The planet was given the name Kepler-22b and was discovered using the transit method where the Kepler instruments look for slight dimming of the stars brightness which indicates a... | |
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| | | | | The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life. | |
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| | | | | Planets orbiting red dwarf stars may have a harder time hanging on to the conditions needed for life to arise and survive than previously thought, data from NASA's dead space telescope GALEX reveals. | |
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| | | Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond Neptune, it orbits the sun every 25,000 years. | ||