'Weird' Alien Planets Found by Small Telescope
Think of it as a win for the little guys. Astronomers using a small ground-based telescope have discovered two unusual alien planets around extremely bright, distant stars. full story 
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Search for alien planets in peril as wheels fall off Kepler mission
Nasa's hunt for other planets that could harbour life faces a setback: its Kepler space telescope is broken and, since it is in orbit around the Sun, may prove impossible to fix. The failure of stabilising systems on the spacecraft could mean an end to the $600m mission's search, although Kepler has already outlived official expectations and the space agency is not yet ready...
guardian.co.uk (10 days ago)
Space telescope spots distant planets well placed for life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - - Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope have found the best candidates yet for habitable worlds beyond the solar system, including a pair of potentially life-friendly planets orbiting the same star, officials said on Thursday.
reuters.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
NASA: Distant planets are best candidates yet for life
NASA: Distant planets are best candidates yet for life by Seth Borenstein The Associated Press Published Apr 18, 2013 05:34PM MDT Washington • NASA’s planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. And they are just the right size and in just the right place. One is toasty, the other nippy. The distant duo...
sltrib.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
World's largest telescope gets go-ahead to look 13 BILLION light years away
The $1bn telescope would be able to observe planets that orbit stars other than the sun and enable astronomers to watch new planets and stars being formed.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 9 days ago)
NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life
NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life by Seth Borenstein The Associated Press Published Apr 18, 2013 05:34PM MDT Washington • NASA’s planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. And they are just the right size and in just the right place. One is toasty, the other nippy. The distant duo are...
sltrib.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
Perfect planets for life? Telescope sees distant worlds not too hot, not too cold, not too big
NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. They are just the right size and in just the right place near their star.
foxnews.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Scientists Can Now Watch Planets Being Born Around Alien Stars
The world's most powerful radio telescope will scientists watch planets as they are being born around alien stars, astronomers have said ahead of its official inauguration. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (Alma) is a giant, 66-telescope instrument located in Northern Chile. Spread over 16 square kilometers, at an altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level, the...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
NASA telescope's planet-hunting days may be over
LOS ANGELES - NASA's planet-hunting telescope is broken. The Kepler spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope's orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday. If engineers can't find a fix, the failure means Kepler won't be able to look for exoplanets - planets outside our solar system anymore. "I wouldn't call Kepler down-and-out just yet," said NASA...
bostonherald.com (10 days ago)
NASA discovers earth-like planets that may be capable of supporting life
Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that NASA's planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, discovered three planets that may be capable of supporting life, and one of them is perhaps the most Earth-like alien world spotted to...
examiner.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
Alien life could be detectable on planets around dying stars
An update to the James Webb Space Telescope will make it possible to detect oxygen and water on an Earth-like planet
cbsnews.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
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