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NASA's Sunflower-Shaped Starshade Could Help Astronomers Take Better Pictures of Exoplanets
NASA is working on a prototype spacecraft named Starshade that could take pictures of planets orbiting other stars. (March 29, 2014)

Earth-sized Exoplanet Reportedly Discovered Orbiting Red Dwarf in Habitable Zone
The first Earth-sized exoplanet has reportedly been discovered in a habitable zone around its parent star, a red dwarf. (March 22, 2014)

NASA Announces Discovery of 715 New Planets
NASA has announced the discovery of 715 new planets. The planets were discovered using the Kepler space telescope. (February 26, 2014)

Astronomers Locate First Earth-Mass Planet That Transits Its Host Star
Astronomers have located the first Earth-mass planet that transits its host star. It orbits a star located about 200 light-years away. (January 7, 2014)

Hubble Spots Two Cloudy Exoplanets
Hubble has found that the atmospheres of two exoplanets - GJ 436b and GJ 1214b - may be blanketed with clouds. (January 1, 2014)

Free-Floating Planet Without a Star Found 80 Light-Years Away
Astronomers have located a free-floating planet with no star 80 light-years from Earth. The planet formed about 12 million years ago. (October 10, 2013)

Astronomers Say Planets Can Form Without Parent Stars
Astronomers say planets can form from tiny dark clouds called globulettes. These free-floating planets from without a parent star. (August 21, 2013)

MIT Researchers Discover Exoplanet That Orbits Its Star in Just 8.5 Hours
MIT researchers have discovered an exoplanet that orbits its star in just 8.5 hours. The exoplanet is 7000 light-years from Earth. (August 19, 2013)

Astonomers Image Magenta Planet GJ 504b
Astronomers have imaged GJ 504b, which glows a dark magenta. The astronomers used data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. (August 12, 2013)

X-Ray Observations Used to Detect Exoplanet Passing in Front of its Parent Star
X-ray observations have been used to detect an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star for the first time. (July 29, 2013)

Astronomers Say Azure Blue Exoplanet HD 189733b is Not Like Earth
Astronomers say exoplanet HD 189733b is blue like Earth, but this is about all it has in common with Earth. (July 11, 2013)

First Transiting Planets in a Star Cluster Discovered
Two planets, Kepler-66b and Kepler-67b, found in star cluster NGC 6811 located 3,000 light-years from Earth (June 26, 2013)

Astronomers Using Hubble Find Evidence of Planet Forming 7.5 Billion Miles Away From Its Star
Astronomers using Hubble find evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, TW Hydrae. (June 14, 2013)

Planet HD95086 b is the Lightest Exoplanet Imaged to Date
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have observed the lightest exoplanet imaged to date. HD95086 b is 300 light years from Earth. (June 3, 2013)

Hubble Finds Atmosphere of White Dwarfs Polluted With Planet Debris
Hubble finds building blocks for Earth-sized planets in the atmospheres of burned-out stars called white dwarfs. Finding suggests rocky planet assembly is common around stars. (May 10, 2013)

Astronomers Announce Discovery of Three New Super-Earths
Two new planetary systems with a total of three super-Earth-sized planets have been discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. (April 19, 2013)

Astronomers Say 1 in 6 Stars Has an Earth-Sized Planet
Astronomers analyzing Kepler data have determined that about 17% of stars have an Earth-sized planet in an orbit closer than Mercury. (January 7, 2013)

Rogue Planet Found Named CFBDSIR2149
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope announced they have found a planetary-mass object 100 light-years away they believe is likely a free-floating planet, or rogue planet that is not tied to a star. (November 14, 2012)

Zombie Planet Fomalhaut b is Back From the Dead
Exoplanet Fomalhaut b may be close to returning to the list of known exoplanets. (October 31, 2012)

Potential Habitable Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting Gliese 163, a Red Dwarf About 50 Light Years Away
The Planetary Habitability Laboratory (PHL) at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo has announced the discovery of a potential habitable exoplanet orbiting Gliese 163, a red dwarf star 50 light years away from Earth. (September 2, 2012)

Astronomers Discover Planetary System Orbiting Two Suns
Astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope have discovered a planetary system orbiting two suns. (August 29, 2012)

Spitzer Telescope Finds Evidence for an Exoplanet Smaller than Earth, 33 Light-Years Away
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. (July 18, 2012)

Astronomers Say Small Planets Can Form Around Many Different Types of Stars
The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars rich in heavy elements such as iron and silicon. (June 14, 2012)

Newly Discovered Exoplanet May Turn to Dust
Researchers have detected a possible Mercury-sized planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be being evaporated by its parent star, KIC 12557548. (May 21, 2012)

Astronomer Says His Calculations Suggest Another Planet Exists in Our Solar System
National Geographic reports that Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, believes his calculations indicate there is a previously undiscovered planet in our solar system. (May 14, 2012)