Small Planets in our Galaxy? June 14, 2012 | NASA "The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars... A New Class of Planets January 24, 2012 | San Diego State University "Using data from NASA's Kepler Mission, astronomers announced the discovery of two new transiting "circumbinary"... Planets in Dense Stellar Environments September 21, 2012 | NASA "NASA-funded astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded... Bubbles in the Milky Way Galaxy March 9, 2012 | NASA "A team of volunteers has pored over observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and discovered... A Growing Abundance of “Solar Systems” January 13, 2013 | Caltech At least 200 billion stars fill the Milky Way, our galaxy. How many planets might... The Most Distant Galaxy September 23, 2012 | NASA "With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a... Kepler Discovers New Planetary Systems January 26, 2012 | NASA "NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries... Very Young Stars March 19, 2013 | NASA "Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen, thanks to the Herschel space... |