NASA hails 'amazing' exoplanetary system
Six bodies huddled around distant yellow dwarf
NASA's Kepler space observatory has spotted an "amazing" exoplanetary system - six planets orbiting a sun-like star some 2,000 light-years from Earth.
Kepler-11 represents "the...
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Gliese 581g - Scientists Find What May Be The First Truly Habitable Exoplanet
The researchers estimate that the average surface temperature of the planet is between
-24 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-31 to -12 degrees Celsius). Actual temperatures would range from blazing hot on the side facing...
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A planet outside of our solar system, said to be the first ever directly photographed by telescopes on Earth, has been officially confirmed to be orbiting a sun-like star, according to follow-up observations.
The alien planet is eight times the mass of Jupiter and orbits at an unusually great...