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Out of whack planetary system offers clues to a disturbed past

— 25 May 2010 12:01 | Astronomy

Astronomers are reporting today the discovery of a planetary system way out of tilt, where the orbits of two planets are at a steep angle to each other. This surprising finding will…

Planet-hunting method succeeds at last

— 29 May 2009 18:29 | Astronomy

A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch - a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known. The technique, called astrometry, was first attempted…

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