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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

MSNBC -- Astronomers have spotted evidence of a second Earth being built around a distant star 424 light-years away. Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a huge belt of warm dust swirling around a young star called HD 113766 that is ju.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Orphaned stars are being born in a vast tail of material stretching behind a faraway galaxy, astronomers said today. The finding is evidence that orphaned stars — those not orbiting the center of a galaxy in normal fashion — are much more common th.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 10:37am neoform

MSNBC -- Astronomers have discovered 28 new planets outside of our solar system, increasing to 236 the number of known exoplanets, revealing that planets can exist around a broad spectrum of stellar types — from tiny, dim stars to giants. "We added 12 percent.. Read More