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Copyright 2013, Discovery Communications Inc. http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/discovery-news-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/ Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:35 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:35 -0400 1440 http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/astronomers-capture-exoplanet-prods-it-in-the-lab-130506.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 ec5a545e-6a40-26d3-d212-3083cd4e0790 Ian O'Neill Space Astrophysics atmospheres Exoplanets Infrared Spitzer Space Telescope Stars Mon, 06 May 2013 14:01:36 -0400 Baked Exoplanet Gets Lab Treatment http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/exoplanet-neighbor-is-smaller-than-earth-120718.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 90efb064-21a7-6ce6-04f6-2499e9f3653d Irene Klotz Extrasolar Planets NASA Planets Space Spitzer Space Telescope Exoplanet Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:14:08 -0400 Exoplanet Neighbor is Smaller than Earth http://news.discovery.com/space/stellar-factory-of-solid-buckyballs-discovered-120221.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 66dd795f-8acf-c73d-ad95-a607f879975d Ian O'Neill Space Spitzer Space Telescope Stars Stellar Phenomena Stellar Physics Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:02:15 -0500 Cosmic Buckyball Particle 'Factory' Discovered http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxies/galactic-cluster-clash-spotted-in-early-universe-120110.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 abc0f739-42f5-fb1d-8678-3ead870818b7 Ian O'Neill Dark Energy Dark Matter Hubble Telescope Mystery Space Spitzer Space Telescope Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:04:56 -0500 Galactic Cluster Clash Spotted in Early Universe http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxies/a-super-sized-space-spider-111115.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 23da11b8-bfad-d65c-4a7b-14b1615f1489 Jason Major Chandra X-Ray Observatory Nebula Space Spitzer Space Telescope 30 Doradus Chandra galaxy HII Spitzer Stars Tarantula X ray Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:13:48 -0500 X-ray Image of an Expanding Space Spider http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxies/graphenes-and-buckyballs-might-be-lurking-in-space-110824.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 e8e2330b-cd65-d776-84bb-ea7f84dab5fa Jennifer Ouellette Spitzer Space Telescope Space Astrophysics Nebula Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:16:36 -0400 Graphene and Buckyballs Might Be Lurking in Space http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/spitzer-spots-protostars-crystal-rain-110620.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 5ce3dab8-e7ff-da8c-8842-b8c50ef488a2 Jennifer Ouellette Stellar Physics Stellar Phenomena Space Spitzer Space Telescope Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:22:06 -0400 Spitzer Spots Protostar's 'Crystal Rain' http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/a-surprisingly-old-galaxy-110418.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 6bb9d93f-e631-43d9-7b3a-2b09ec695c0f Nicole Gugliucci galaxies Hubble Telescope Space Spitzer Space Telescope Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:28:34 -0400 A Surprisingly Ancient Galaxy http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/did-supernova-herald-birth-of-a-king-110417.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 25c34e22-4a93-fb49-9b60-29a981bc1a49 Jennifer Ouellette History History of Space Space Spitzer Space Telescope Supernova Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:29:55 -0400 Did Supernova Herald the Birth of a King? http://news.discovery.com/space/star-time-delay-stellar-jets-110411.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 71667677-7dfd-25b6-3e2c-4e9a684b0c60 Nicole Gugliucci Space Spitzer Space Telescope Stars Stellar Phenomena Stellar Physics Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:48:00 -0400 Bizarre Time Delay Discovered in Stellar Jets http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/ultra-cold-brown-dwarf-new-record-breaker-110312.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 7d85a717-6e16-0d46-5e7b-15ea7b482e96 Ian O'Neill Planets Space Spitzer Space Telescope Stellar Phenomena Stellar Physics String Theory Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:47:02 -0500 Ultra-Cold Brown Dwarf Discovered? http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/not-all-spiral-galaxies-are-grand-and-well-defined-some-of-my-favorites-are-the-fluffly-wispy-flocculent-spirals-such-as.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 9fb18873-730e-2f55-842e-a2b07250b865 Nicole Gugliucci Spitzer Space Telescope Space galaxies Hubble Telescope Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:00:00 -0500 Where Are All the Baby Stars? http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/planet-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-101209.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 522f8d6f-f265-4be1-90b2-35aaae8811ad Ray Villard Spitzer Space Telescope Space Extrasolar Planets Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:36:11 -0500 Planet in the Sky With Diamonds http://news.discovery.com/space/star-formation-is-vital-to-galaxy-evolution-and-the-production-of-planets-both-inhabited-and-uninhabited-and-yet-this-mess.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 ab9e5c20-d516-875b-f071-3ebede59d99f Nicole Gugliucci Nebula Space Spitzer Space Telescope Stars Stellar Physics Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:48:27 -0500 It's Density, Not Size, That Matters for Star Creation http://news.discovery.com/space/mysterious-hot-spot-seen-on-distant-exoplanet.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 158ef528-bab7-4b75-1467-64998948d3a5 Ian O'Neill Extrasolar Planets Space Spitzer Space Telescope Stars Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:42:00 -0400 Mysterious 'Hot Spot' Seen on Distant Exoplanet http://news.discovery.com/space/did-you-watch-phil-plaits-bad-universe-the-other-night-well-if-not-get-on-that-and-if-so-then-you-know-that-an-asteroid-i.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1 2e1334ab-b08c-b0d3-6d49-693c97e7ce76 Nicole Gugliucci Asteroids Current Events Space Space Telescopes Spitzer Space Telescope Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:19:00 -0400 Getting to Know Your Asteroid Foes