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Detecting the outer three planets about the size of the Earth
The planets were discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, by tracking the obscured light of the host star as the planet passes through the star's bright region.
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Detecting planets that have life outside the Solar System
Astronomers have found the first evidence of life-like planets outside the Solar System.
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Why does Mars not look like the other planets?
Although all 4 are rocky / terrestrial planet located near the center of the Solar System, the physical composition of Mars has some differences compared to the other th…
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Pressure waves on Venus can spread more than 10,000km
Pressure waves in Venus's atmosphere belong to the most powerful waveform in the Solar System, spreading farther than 10,000km.
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'Super Earth' is 32 light-years away from the solar system
Spanish scientists discovered
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The discovery of a rock planet is very similar to the globe
Astronomers find a rocky planet about the size of Earth and 39 light years away from us.
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Tatooine planet in Star Wars really exist?
Two astronomers Ben Bromley and Scott Kenyonn discovered the possibility of a Tatooine-like planet in the Star Wars science fiction movie.
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Self-propelled vehicles take a panoramic view of Mars
NASA has published the first official images captured by the Curiosity autonomous vehicle, images that show the Martian surface in a clear detail to each crystal.
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The moon was a piece of earth?
The moon and other rocky planets inside the solar system were hit by far more violent effects than previously thought, two NASA spacecraft discovered this.
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Discover the astonishment of the planet's formation
Based on the support of the ALMA telescope, world astronomers have just announced a new discovery that could change every theory so far about the formation of planets, i…
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NASA has discovered the geological mystery on Mars
The US aerospace agency (NASA) said the autonomous robot Opportunity had a new discovery that made geologists curious and excited.
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Discovered the twin version of the solar system
German astronomers have found a planetary system with a solar system-like distribution, with rocky planets on the inside and gas planets on the outside.
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The tango of two strange planets
The Kepler space telescope found that the two planets moved so closely that their rotation was like a tango dance. Pair
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Discovering more 'future houses' for humankind
International astronomers yesterday announced that they found a large planet full of conditions favorable to life outside the solar system.
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Discovering a small planet like Earth
The first iron-clad evidence of a rocky planet outside the solar system was found using the Kepler Space Telescope.