Topic: Planetary Science
Mars Orbiter
AP News
In this image released by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona showing a view of an inverted crater in the Arabia Terra region of Mars that is among the images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in early 2010. Scientists are impressed with the flood of data beamed back by ...
In a first, astronomers snatch distant planet's 'fingerprint'
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Astronomers on Wednesday said they had made the first direct capture of a spectrum of light from a planet outside the Solar System, in what was a landmark in the search for extra-terrestrial life.</p><p>The light was snared ...
Astronomers spot 'super-Earth' 80 light years away
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>US astronomers have detected the second smallest exoplanet ever discovered with a mass just four times heavier than the Earth, adding to a growing number of low-mass planets dubbed "super-Earths."</p><p>"This is quite a remarkable discovery," said Andrew ...
Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon
AP News
<div id="subtitle">Excited astronomers say they could find Earth-like planets in just a few years</div><div><p>Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are ...
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