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First Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in a Cluster

NASA-funded astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars.

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A pale milky galaxy seen on edge - with pink clusters of star-forming regions sprinkled through the center

Hubble Sees NGC 7090 — An actively star-forming galaxy

This image portrays a beautiful view of the galaxy NGC 7090, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is viewed edge-on from the ...

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A hypothetical planet is depicted here moving through the habitable zone and then further out into a long, cold winter.

Can Extreme Life Forms Survive on Eccentric Exoplanets?

While the hunt continues for the elusive Earth-like "blue dot," astronomers have discovered a collection of odd exoplanets.

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    Hubble Watching Ancient Orbs

    09.07.12 - This sparkling picture taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M 4. The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a colossal nuclear furnace.

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    Odd Galaxy Couple on Space Voyage

    09.05.12 - Two very different galaxies drift through space together in this Hubble image. The peculiar galaxy pair is called Arp 116.

  • luminous spiral galaxy with pink star-forming clusters, dark dusty strands and one pale yellow supernova

    Hubble Spotted a Supernova in NGC 5806

    08.31.12 - Hubble sees a supernova explosion called SN 2004dg on the edge of NGC 5806, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It lies around 80 million light years from Earth.

  • A Sky Chock-Full of Black Holes

    NASA's WISE Survey Uncovers Millions of Black Holes

    08.29.12 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies.

  • This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-47, the first transiting circumbinary system.

    Kepler Finds Multiple Planets Orbiting Pair of Stars

    08.28.2012 - Kepler-47 is the first double-star system discovered containing multiple planets, one of which is orbiting in the so-called "habitable zone."

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