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Scientists Say A Few Hundred Thousand Billion Free-Floating Life-Bearing Earth-Sized Planets Exist in Milky Way
Scientists continue to increase the estimates of the number of planets out there in the Universe. (May 11, 2012)

Turanor PlanetSolar Completes Journey Around the World
Bloomberg reports that the Turanor PlanetSolar, a solar powered catamaran, has completed its journey around the world using the power of the sun. (May 5, 2012)

Some Stars Capture Rogue Planets
New research suggests that billions of stars in our galaxy have captured rogue planets that once roamed interstellar space. (April 17, 2012)

NASA Video: Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet
NASA says its Kepler spacecraft is discovering a veritable avalanche of alien worlds. (March 30, 2012)

Astronomers Discover Ancient Planets From the Early Universe
European astronomers have discovered an ancient planetary system they think is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago. (March 29, 2012)

Runaway Planets Travel at Speeds up to 30 Million Miles Per Hour
Astronomers found a runaway star leaving our galaxy at a speed of 1. (March 22, 2012)

Researchers Say Milky Way Swarming With Nomad Planets
Numerous nomad planets are wandering around the Milky Way say researchers from the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), a joint institute of Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. (February 26, 2012)

Astronomers Say There Are At Least 100 Billion Planets in the Milky Way
Astronomers have shared findings from new analysis - using data based on gravitational microlensing observations - that indicates nearly every star in the sky has at least one planet. (January 11, 2012)

NASA: Re-thinking Alien World 55 Cancri-e
NASA created this video to show how the discovery that a super-Earth named "55 Cancri e" is wetter and weirder than astronomers thought has researchers re-thinking the nature of alien worlds. (January 7, 2012)

Scientists Discover Planet Orbiting Two Stars, Named Kepler-16b
Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope have discovered a giant planet, Kepler-16b, that orbits two stars. (September 15, 2011)

Over 50 New Exoplanets Discovered, Including 16 Super-Earths
Astronomers using ESO's exoplanet hunter HARPS have announced the discovery of more than 50 new exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. (September 12, 2011)

Astronomers Find Evidence of Extreme Weather on Brown Dwarf
A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has observed extreme brightness changes on a nearby brown dwarf. (September 12, 2011)

Planet TrES-2b is Darkest Planet Ever Found
Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet. (August 11, 2011)

Planet Hunters May Have Discovered Most Earth-like Planet
Planet hunters have discovered a planet that could be the most Earth-like planet yet discovered. (September 29, 2010)

Gliese 581 C: Earth-like Planet
A new planet called Gliese 581 C has been discovered by astronomers 20. (April 27, 2007)

Pluto Dropped From Planet List
Pluto has been dropped from the list of nine planets. The controversial decision was made at the 2006 International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly. (August 24, 2006)

Newly Discovered Planemos Orbit Around Each Other
ESO scientists have discovered a pair of exoplanets that orbit around each other and not a star. (August 17, 2006)

New Planet is Earth's Size But Too Cold
Astronomers continue to hunt for Earth-like planets. (January 28, 2006)