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New technique may help detect hidden Earth-like planets


An international team of exoplanet hunters is developing a new technology that would dramatically im...

Two new exoplanets identified


These planets, named KOI-200b and KOI-889b, are among the first detected with the new high-accuracy ...

Colours of exoplanets could reveal signs of life


One way to find whether exoplanets would contain life forms would be by looking at their distinctive...

Super-Earths more like mini-Neptunes


`Super-Earths` follow a different evolutionary track from the planets found in our solar system.

`Habitable Zone` for alien planets redefined


The habitable zone defines the region where a planet might be able to retain liquid water on its sur...

First `alien Earth` to be found in 2013: Scientist


The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, scientists claim, saying ...

9 exoplanets ‘may be orbiting Solar System’s twin’


HD 10180 is a yellow dwarf star very much like the sun, so this discovery has drawn many parallels w...

1st 4 exoplanets spotted orbiting 4 distant stars


First four exoplanets of 2012 have been spotted orbiting four distant stars merely four days into th...

Earth-like planets feature in new survey


Tired of life on Earth? There may be other options, according to a catalog released today of planets...

Exoplanets with two suns sprout black plants: Study


Exoplanets with 2 suns may have trees, shrubs that are black, grey instead of the more familiar gree...

Astronomers take pictures of exoplanets


By using a small telescope, astronomers took a picture of three small planets orbiting a star outsid...

Astronomers found nine new planets


Astronomers have discovered nine new planets—a feat that challenges the reigning theory of the forma...

Five exoplanets identified by Kepler space telescope: NASA


Five new exoplanets -- earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars -- have been dis...

Earth-sized moons may orbit around ``hot Jupiters``


In a new study, scientists have determined that giant gas planets like Jupiter, which orbit close to...