http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1101/10kepler/

Working with NASA's Kepler space telescope and an observatory in Hawaii, astronomers verified the existence of a rocky planet orbiting perilously close to its parent star 560 light years from Earth. The planet is so hot its ( Read more... )

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http://www.universetoday.com/80687/first-super-earth-atmosphere-observed/

http://www.universetoday.com/77441/simple-colors-could-provide-first-details-of-alien-worlds/

At best, the few extrasolar planets we have imaged directly are just points of light. But what can that light tell us about the ( Read more... )

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http://www.universetoday.com/75913/astronomy-without-a-telescope-no-metal-no-planet/

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