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Exoplanetology
http://exoplanetology.blogspot.com
Exoplanetology Blog is dedicated to the study of Exoplanets, and the detection of Life in other worlds.
Alien Realities
http://alienrealities.blogspot.com/
Discussions on exoplanets (extrasolar planets) and astrobiology: from scientific research to speculations on alien biology, communication and linguistics, psychology, society, technology, and theology.
The Meridiani Journal
http://web.me.com/meridianijournal
The Meridiani Journal blog is a chronicle of planetary exploration and the search for life elsewhere, both in our own solar system and beyond, named after the desert plains of Meridiani Planum on Mars, where the Opportunity rover found the first dire
XXXTRASOLAR
http://xxxtrasolar.blogspot.com
Blog about exoplanets by member of local workgroup, mails of the NASA google group planet quest, report of own observations of any what caelestial objects, surfing the web for detection or photographing material...
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Earth-like Planet Discovered
Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science | December 18th 2009
Astronomers have discovered a nearby giant Earth-like planet. The planet, known as GJ 1214b, is six and half times as large as Earth. Planets this large, with a mass roughly between five and 10 times Earth’s, are known as superEarths. read more
Watery "Super Earth" spotted 40 light years from us
warm induce percent | December 17th 2009 by ridgelytil
Our collection of exoplanets continues to expand and, in recent years, some dedicated hardware like CoRoT and Kepler have joined the search in space. But the latest discovery comes from some pretty mundane hardware - a collection of 40cm telescopes - read more
Real "Waterworld" Exoplanet Found 42 Light Years Away
Kast-A-Way Blog | December 17th 2009 by Kast-A-Way Swimwear, Inc.
This news comes from Discovery News via Discovery Space producer Ian O'Neill. The "super-Earth" exoplanet GJ 1214b was found orbiting a red dwarf star a mere 42 light years from Earth. "Super-Earth" planets are those with masses between 5-10 times th read more
Another Super-Earth: Probably With Water, Possibly With Strange…
Apathetic Lemming of the North | December 17th 2009 by Brian Gill
"Nearby Super-Earth May Be a Waterworld" Space.com (December 16, 2009) "A rocky and water-rich planet, not much heftier than our own, has been discovered so close to our solar system that astronomers one day may be able to study its atmosphere. "And read more
Astronomers Find a Watery New Planet - Super-Earth
Interesting article Science Technology History | December 17th 2009 by Igor
Back in the mid-1990s, when astronomers were just beginning to find new planets around distant stars, nearly every new discovery got front-page headlines. Today, with the extrasolar-planet count up to about 400, it takes something extraordinary to ma read more
A watery 200th post
Archaeological Haecceities | December 17th 2009 by Johan Normark
This is post #200. I thought for long what I should post to celebrate this occasion. Since my “new” direction is towards the “archaeology of water” I thought that water would be appropriate. My future research will range from read more
New planets orbiting Sun-like stars discovered
Dhirendra's Blogs | December 15th 2009 by Dhirendra
Good morning friends. There are team of scientists who found out a new planet orbiting sun-like stars. They consider that this discovery shows that low-mass planets are rarely common around nearby stars. An international team of scientists discov read more
The Geminid Exoplanets
Exoplanetology | December 15th 2009 by Metapsyche
At the end of my vacation I boarded a plane in the Philippines on December 13, flew for almost 20 hours, and landed in New York--still on December 13. Talk about a long day! It's also the day when i saw the most meteors of my life on a single night!D read more
This Is Not Your Grade School Solar System: Gallery
Cosmology For Us | December 13th 2009
Pick up a 30-year-old astronomy textbook and you will find more illustrations of planets than actual pictures; Pluto still holds onto its full planet status and exoplanets are theoretical. In the intervening decades, new instruments and methods have read more
Ep 119: Alien Vox Pop and (re)introducing The Beer Drinking Scien…
The Mr Science Show | December 10th 2009 by Marc
The Beer Drinking Scientists are back! It's been two and a half years since our last episode, but Darren Osborne, editor of ABC Science Online, and I have got back together over a beer in Sydney to chat about the pressing scientific issues of the day read more
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Exoplanets Clue to Sun\'s Curious Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planet…
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