Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:52
As you sip your cup of tea on a chilly morning, an enormous ring of dust and gas - encircling a distant star - may be giving births to new planets at this very moment.
Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 16:14
Public will now be able to submit their own suggestions on what to call new discoveries in space, IAU, which is responsible for naming planets, stars and other celestial bodies, has announced.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 10:27
A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may in fact be creating new worlds, according to researchers.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 12:51
For the first time, scientists have observed the birth of two giant planets emitting gas as they orbit their parent star.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 14:52
Scientists using an intra-galactic speed gun have detected five new planets, relatively close to Earth.
Last Updated: Friday, February 3, 2012, 13:43
Together with Kepler-16, discovered a few months ago, there are now three such known systems in the galaxy.
Last Updated: Friday, October 28, 2011, 13:59
An international research team of astronomers have discovered three new planets- each orbiting its own giant, dying star –outside our solar system.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 18:22
An international team, including scientists from the University of Oxford, has discovered 10 new planets.
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