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Discovered: Two New Planets for Kapteyn’s Star

The exoplanet discoveries have been coming fast and furious this week, as astronomers announced a new set of curious worlds…

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We humans are busy creatures when it comes to exploring the solar system. This new graphic (which updates one from…

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Are you ready for a good close look at Mercury? At an incredible 5 meters per pixel, this is one of…

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Chalk up another benchmark in the fascinating and growing menagerie of extra-solar planets. This week, an international team of researchers…

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British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger has passed away. Pillinger, age 70, was best known as leading the 2003 attempt to…

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Between the time you got to work this morning and the time you leave today -- assuming an eight-hour work…

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Rings are a tough phenomenon to spot. As late as 1977, astronomers thought that the only thing in the solar…

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Earth's changing weather always makes life interesting. Seeing weather on other planets through a telescope we sense a kinship between…

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Planet-watchers, some exciting news: you know how we keep talking about planet candidates, those planets that have yet to be…

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Exactly 40 Years ago today on Feb. 5, 1974, Mariner 10, accomplished a history making and groundbreaking feat when the…

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