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A super-Earth is revealed
10/5/12

Technological development continuously allows for advances in the area of astrobiology. For the first time, scientists have picked up the emission from a super-Earth which has been given the name 55 Cancri e.

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A planet as hot as the sun
1/19/12

The Kepler space telescope has made possible the observation of two exoplanets orbiting the remains of a red giant. The planets are very close to their sun and typically the same size as the Earth.

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Eris, Pluto’s distant twin
10/27/11

Observation by the Belgian telescope TRAPPIST of the occultation of a star by Eris, a dwarf planet which caused Pluto to lose its status as a planet, has caused some surprises.

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Saturn and Enceladus: a radiant couple
4/22/11
The auroral footprint of Enceladus, an ice satellite of Saturn, has been detected by the Cassini space probe. If its existence had been predicted for several years, its detection has nevertheless provided a number of unexpected surprises.
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WR22: a star in question
4/7/11

At the heart of the Carina Nebula, the WR22 star holds many mysteries. Eric Gosset has been scrutinizing it for some years now, notably with the XMM-Newton space satellite...

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