Star Is Discovered To Be a Close Neighbor of the Sun and the Coldest of Its Kind
“It is very exciting to discover a new neighbor of our solar system that is so close,” said Kevin Luhman… Read more at...
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Solved: Mysteries of a Nearby Planetary System’s Dynamics
Mysteries of one of the most fascinating nearby planetary systems now have been solved… Read more at the PSU press release or...
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First Earth-Size Planet Is Discovered in Another Star’s “Habitable Zone”
A team of astronomers that includes Penn State scientists has discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the...
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WISE Satellite Finds No Evidence for Planet X in Survey of the Sky
After searching hundreds of millions of objects across the sky, NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has turned up no...
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The Closest Star System Found in a Century
A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun… Read more in PSU press...
Read MoreNearby stars may aid in studies of Sun, search for Earth-like planets
A loose group of stars that has been known for more than 180 years but never before studied in detail has been revealed to be an important...
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Three new planets and a mystery discovered outside our solar system
Three planets — each orbiting its own giant, dying star — have been discovered by an international research team led by a Penn...
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Mysterious planet-like object reveals its surprising identity
A mysterious planet-like object orbiting a not-quite-starlike “brown dwarf” is the most recent enigma discovered by...
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Brown dwarf pair mystifies astronomers
Two brown dwarf-sized objects orbiting a giant old star show that planets may assemble around stars more quickly and efficiently than...
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