en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/orbiting/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/tiniest_extrasolar_planet_found/ Astronomers have sighted the smallest extrasolar planet yet orbiting a normal star - a distant world just three times the size of our own. Discovering a planet with a similar mass to that of Earth is considered the "holy grail" of research into planets news science 2008-06-03 08:19:37 http://www.newsique.com/science/tiniest_extrasolar_planet_found/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7432114.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/tiniest_extrasolar_planet_found/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/solar_systems_look-alike_found/ Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own. They found two planets that were close matches for Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star about half the size of our Sun. Martin Dominik, from St Andre news science 2008-04-07 08:22:23 http://www.newsique.com/science/solar_systems_look-alike_found/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7333155.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/solar_systems_look-alike_found/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/astronomers_eagerly_await_potent/ Astronomers have pinpointed two massive stars, orbiting close to each other in space, that could merge to create a "super" sun, 100 times bigger than our own. The massive "binary" star system, located in a galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, has been captur news science 2007-05-29 23:19:55 http://www.newsique.com/science/astronomers_eagerly_await_potent/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2591501.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/astronomers_eagerly_await_potent/#comments