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  1. Exoplanets were discovered at Palomar Observatory! Looks even the little guys are getting in on the planet hunt... 2:32 PM Apr 14th, 2010 via Seesmic
  2. Cool interview with Geoff Marcy, exoplanet guru, now up at planetquest. Is he eagerly hoping for an Earthlike discovery? Not quite... 9:40 AM Apr 13th, 2010 via Seesmic
  3. Finally, a normal planet! Similar temp to Jupiter or Saturn in our own solar system....http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1011/ 3:09 PM Mar 18th, 2010 via Seesmic
  4. Got a cool interview w/ Geoff Marcy (Kepler) coming up in a couple days - get ready to get even more stoked about the mission! 9:08 AM Mar 15th, 2010 via Seesmic
  5. @NASAKepler Happy Birthday!! 10:41 AM Mar 5th, 2010 via Seesmic in reply to NASAKepler
  6. Awesome pics of (maybe) an exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star! Meet your newest avatar, desktop, and phone bkg image! http://is.gd/5fpt2 4:11 PM Dec 7th, 2009 via Seesmic
  7. The Kepler hardware has won some hardware of its own - big props from Popular Science and Popular Mechanics! http://is.gd/52LFS 10:16 AM Nov 24th, 2009 via Seesmic
  8. For those of you anticipating Kepler announcements, looks like the first finds will be announced in January...stay tuned! 8:58 AM Nov 18th, 2009 via Seesmic
  9. RT @nasaspaceplace Is there life on planets around other stars? Read a story in rhyme about a girl on a planet hunt. http://bit.ly/bgzxS. 8:58 AM Nov 18th, 2009 via Seesmic
  10. 32 Planets discovered! The count is now above 400, and who knows what Kepler's first set of results might bring...Props to the HARPS team! 4:20 PM Oct 22nd, 2009 via Seesmic
  11. Also - WASP-18 b, which has the distinction of being the first dying planet found - it's got 1 mil. yrs. before SMACK - right into its star. 5:18 PM Sep 18th, 2009 via twhirl
  12. Meanwhile, CoRoT has discovered the first confirmed terrestrial exoplanet! It's one of two super-Earth size planets that orbit the star. 5:05 PM Sep 18th, 2009 via twhirl
  13. Ok, I'm back, and the planet news has piled up! For starters, cross WASP-9 off the exoplanet list - looks like it's actually a binary star. 4:53 PM Sep 18th, 2009 via twhirl
  14. @LJespersen Transiting means that it passes directly between its star and the Earth - a pretty rare occurrence, most planets don't do that 5:40 PM Aug 27th, 2009 via twhirl in reply to LJespersen
  15. Now we've got a GIANT (biggest yet) planet that orbits the wrong way! The universe is apparently full of bad drivers. http://is.gd/2fz9u 12:26 PM Aug 13th, 2009 via twhirl
  16. Wild week for exoplanets...first there was the planet train wreck discovered by Spitzer... http://is.gd/2fyU2 12:21 PM Aug 13th, 2009 via twhirl
  17. @Adriana_Raven You just need the main Yahoo widgets program - http://widgets.yahoo.com/upgrade/ - download it there. 12:20 PM Aug 13th, 2009 via twhirl in reply to Adriana_Raven
  18. @LJespersen Transiting planets are already really difficult to find, so a multi-planet system w/ 1 trans. planet is like winning the lotto! 12:18 PM Aug 13th, 2009 via twhirl in reply to LJespersen
  19. @justinf If you go to : http://is.gd/2fyvr, you can look up just about any planet and find its constellation, plus a bunch of other info.... 12:15 PM Aug 13th, 2009 via twhirl in reply to troopstorm
  20. In this case,"b" is a roasting hot Jupiter with a 3-day orbit, and "c" is a portly 15xJupiter-mass planet with a super-eccentric orbit. 5:13 PM Aug 3rd, 2009 via twhirl
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