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Copyright 2013, Discovery Communications Inc. http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/discovery-news-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:39:57 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:39:57 -0400 1440 http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/how-habitable-are-keplers-new-worlds-130422.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 72aeac59-c8f5-a2b8-cb12-bc0b2722c51e Ray Villard Space Exoplanets Extrasolar Planets Extraterrestrial Life keper-63 Kepler Mission SETI Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:31:04 -0400 How Habitable Are Kepler's New Worlds? http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/kepler-62-is-a-ripe-seti-target-13041.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 faab9354-0fe1-3557-e97e-d1739cee56f7 Ian O'Neill Space aliens Exoplanets Extrasolar Planets Kepler kepler-62 SETI Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:27:25 -0400 Kepler-62 is a Ripe SETI Target http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/kepler-2-0-next-gen-exoplanet-hunter-approved.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 3f7c3f82-7eeb-0b05-8eb2-e3c04b50e296 Ian O'Neill Space Exoplanets Extrasolar Planets Kepler missions NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Satellites Space Telescopes TESS Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:03:04 -0400 Kepler 2.0: Next-Gen Exoplanet Hunter Approved http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/kepler-watches-white-dwarfs-gravity-warp-spacetime-13040.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 1af0d730-75d2-1c07-30ae-f1b76192e882 Ian O'Neill Space Exoplanets Extrasolar Planets Kepler Kepler Mission Relativity white dwarf Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:36:31 -0400 Kepler Watches White Dwarf Warp Spacetime http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/an-interstellar-radar-for-spying-on-inhabitable-worlds-130313.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 4ca00342-e9f5-0e44-52c3-873150a88dbc Ray Villard Space alien life Exoplanets Extrasolar Planets SETI Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:29:12 -0400 Could WE Probe ET With Interstellar Radar? http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/is-this-a-baby-picture-of-a-giant-planet-130228.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 d77b441b-8f53-7141-2d49-797cd6d8ee55 Jason Major Space Extrasolar Planets Planets Stars Universe Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:22:59 -0500 Is This a Baby Picture of a Giant Planet? http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/bad-news-for-super-earths-120106.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 fa24ff7e-ca62-b808-3635-246bd04f9895 Larry O'Hanlon Space Exoplanets Extrasolar Planets Planets super-earth Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:46:58 -0500 Major Bummer: Super-Earths May Be Mini-Neptunes http://news.discovery.com/space/new-survey-finds-100-billion-planets-in-milky-way-130104.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 b61fa624-a6cd-1c2c-4107-eaa38dd3f641 Irene Klotz Extrasolar Planets Kepler Mission Space Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:25:49 -0500 100 Billion Exoplanets Live in Our Galaxy http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/first-alien-earth-will-be-found-in-2013-experts-say-121227.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 26415e5d-7105-fbc9-afa8-bb0bc9fee0a8 The DNews Editors alien life Amateur Astronomy Astronauts Astrophysics Cosmology Earth Europa Extrasolar Planets Science Fiction SETI Space Space People Space Travel Stars Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:26:00 -0500 First 'Alien Earth' Will Be Found in 2013 http://news.discovery.com/space/tau-ceti-another-interstellar-target-121223.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 488c8f0c-83a8-1828-f826-1c1339917889 Ian O'Neill 100YSS Extrasolar Planets Project Icarus Space Stars Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:12:00 -0500 Tau Ceti e: Another Interstellar Target? http://news.discovery.com/space/hanging-out-with-an-exoplanet-121221.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 b9e7a3d4-173e-a1f8-ccd5-ff58b47441b0 Nicole Gugliucci Extrasolar Planets Space Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:54:00 -0500 Hanging Out with an Exoplanet http://news.discovery.com/space/five-planets-one-in-habitable-zone-may-circle-tau-ceti-121219.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 e2c23ded-4d00-163e-530e-f94ae316906d Irene Klotz Extrasolar Planets Space Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:29:00 -0500 Five Planets, One 'Habitable,' May Circle Tau Ceti http://news.discovery.com/space/comets-found-buzzing-around-distant-star-121130.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 8a1627cc-ea78-e701-1e08-a350b96ea35e Ian O'Neill alien life Comets Extrasolar Planets Space Stars Stellar Phenomena Stellar Physics Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:23:00 -0500 Comets Lay Siege Around Nearby Star Systems http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/monster-super-jupiter-discovered-121119.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 3523fe3e-9979-a0d4-67e2-7a4a5eaea535 Ian O'Neill Extrasolar Planets Space Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:29:00 -0500 Monster 'Super-Jupiter' Discovered http://news.discovery.com/space/europes-exoplanet-space-scope-dead-dnews-nugget-121119.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 40f4b250-686a-c302-7716-db541aa12598 Ian O'Neill ESA Extrasolar Planets Space Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:17:46 -0500 French Exoplanet Hunter Dead? 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