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http://www.livescience.com/16098-skywatching-find-tatooine-alien-solar-system-kepler-16.html/

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/15sep_doublesuns/

The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA's Kepler mission has made the ( Read more... )

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18may_orphanplanets/

Astronomers have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes these ( Read more... )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/first-habitable-planet-2030_n_862785.html

Scientists may be just steps from discovering the first habitable planet beyond our own. Gliese 581d, a planet orbiting the red-dwarf star Gliese, may ( Read more... )

White dwarfs might be fertile ground for other Earths

Plan­et hunters have found hun­dreds of plan­ets out­side the so­lar sys­tem in the last dec­ade, though it’s un­clear wheth­er even one might be hab­it­a­ble. But it may be that the best place to look for hab­it­a­ble plan­ets is around dim, dy­ing stars called white dwarfs, a sci­ent­ist ar­ ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/83504/t-chamaeleon-gets-caught-in-the-act-forming-planets-that-is/

http://www.universetoday.com/83248/plausibility-check-habitable-planet-around-red-giants/

http://www.universetoday.com/83468/orrery-of-keplers-exoplanets/