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Cool find in hunt for exoplanets
Astronomers have published an image of the coolest planet outside our solar system that has been pictured directly.Study: Alien worlds have dry atmospheres
"Scientists taking their first "sniffs of air" from planets outside our solar system are a bit baffled by what they did *not* find: water."Europe's Planet-Hunting Space Telescope Launched
"...a Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket with the European COROT space observatory launched [...] from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The French-led COROT mission will look for rocky planets around otheProbing Distant Atmospheres for Life
"Hunting for terrestrial planets is not going to be easy, and even when we start getting images of such worlds, there will be plenty of questions to answer."Think Free: A Star with a Comet's Tail
Mira, a dying star, is hurtling through space at 291,000mph, with a comet-like tail that is 13 light-years long. 13 light-years is "about 20,000 times the average distance of Pluto from the sun&qWhat's Life on the Extra Solar Planets?
Scientists are seeking clues to what is life in the extrasolar palnets, they are studying various biosignatures found in the light spectrum leaking out to earth.28 New Exoplanets Announced
"...it shouldn’t be neglected that a rocky place with high water content, discovered through a transit of a ‘hot Neptune,’ is an exciting reminder that the essentials for life are likely widespreOnline Astronomers Seek Out New Worlds
"Amateur astronomer William Bianco doesn't huddle over a backyard telescope to hunt for undiscovered planets. He logs onto his computer." Three cheers for constructively geeky pastimes!Are Other Solar Systems Like Our Own?
"Can we expect to find gas giants mixed with small terrestrial worlds around most Sun-like stars? And what about the smaller and far fainter red dwarfs?" Centauri Dreams thinking aloud aboutEurope Goes Searching For Rocky Planets
"The COROT space telescope is proceeding smoothly towards its launch in December 2006. Once in orbit, COROT will become the first spacecraft devoted to the search for rocky planets, similar to ouEurope plans giant eye on the sky
The name says it all...it will be called the 'Extremely Large Telescope'. Are there awards for prosaic technology names?Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life
Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars.Seismology and exoplanet research
Search for Earth sized planets requires similar photometric capabilities as asteroseismology.
