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Jupiter Twin Discovered Orbiting Sun Like Star in Solar Twin

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A bunch of astronomers have employed a special telescope to take images of a planet that resembles our own Jupiter. And the odd thing is that the star it is revolving around in an elliptical fashion...

Scientists Unlock Riddle Behind Kepler-34b Planet Orbiting Two Stars

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Over the past few years, astronomers have discovered several planets that are circumbinary. That is, they are planets that actually orbit two stars. Just like Tatooine in the Star Wars...

On The Hunt For The Very Closest Alien Earths

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Awash in a sea of long-lived stellar Red dwarfs, our own sun seems to be somewhat of a local anomaly. Until recently, detecting these faint M-spectral type stars — much less their potential...