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SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 11:19pm neoform

Independent -- 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.. Read More