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Astronomers discover 'tilted planets'

Known as COROT-Exo-1b, the planet can periodically be seen from Earth by telescope, as it passes across the face of its star. The research team observed the ... and more »
Tue, Dec 22 | from PhysOrg.com

Worlds Away: Astronomers Begin to Uncover Nearby "Super-Earths"

After COROT 7 b, discovered earlier this year by the space-based European COROT telescope, GJ 1214 b is the smallest planet whose diameter and mass are ... Is exoplanet a 'waterworld'?physicsworld.com Alien planet could be ultimate water worldNew Scientist
Wed, Dec 16 | from scientificamerican.com

Hunt for new worlds goes into overdrive

Another planet-hunting probe, the European Space Agency's COROT satellite, has already detected a rocky world only five times as massive as Earth, ... Hunt for New Worlds Goes into OverdriveHappyNews.com all 4 news articles »
Thu, Dec 10 | from MSNBC

Cloudy with a chance of pebble showers

So accustomed are we to the sunshine, rain, fog and snow of our home planet that we find it next to impossible to imagine a different atmosphere and other forms of precipitation. To be sure, Dr. Seuss came up with a green gluey substance called oobleck that fell from the skies and gummed up the K...
Thu, Oct 1 | from Space Spin

Kepler Telescope to seek cosmic answers

CA The results so far are encouraging, indicating that planets are common in the galaxy. But finding an Earth-sized world similar to our own requires a sensitive instrument placed above the Earth's atmosphere. The French-European COROT Telescope, ...
Thu, Mar 5 | from abc7.com

Opinion: NASAs Kepler mission to search for Earth-sized planets

Transits are better suited to finding something more like Earth in size and orbit. So far, 58 transiting planets have been found. The COROT satellite, launched by the French space agency CNES in 2006, has found seven of those transiting planets, ... NASA’S Kepler mission Houston Chronicle
Wed, Mar 4 | from Thaindian.com

Earth-like planets in our galactic neighborhood

Boss is convinced that the Earth-sized planets could be found either by the Kepler space telescope US space agency NASA plans to launch on March 5, or by the French-European telescope-equipped COROT satellite that has been in orbit since 2006. ...
Sun, Feb 15 | from google.com

A Bright Past + An Interstellar Future For COROT

CA The COROT space telescope is an astronomy mission conducted by CNES in conjunction with several French laboratories and partners in Europe, as well as Brazil. Thales Alenia Space is the lead industrial partner in this international mission and they ...
Mon, Feb 2 | from SatNews Publishers

COROT directly sees ‘Sun-quakes’ in other stars for the first time

Sounding the Sun through a technique similar to seismology has opened a new era for understanding the Sun’s interior. The COROT satellite has now applied this technique to three stars, directly probing the interiors of stars beyond the ...
Thu, Oct 23 | from European Space Agency

ESA - Space Science - Venus Express searching for life – on Earth

Now, with CNES–ESA’s COROT and NASA’s Kepler missions, the prospect of discovering Earth-sized worlds in Earth-like orbits around other stars is better than ever. “We are now on the verge of finding Earth-like planets,” says Grinspoon. ...
Fri, Oct 10 | from European Space Agency

Odd Planet Confuses Scientists

eldavojohn writes "While there's been a lot of debate about what is a planet, there is a recent discovery that has scientists even more confused. COROT (COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits) spotted an object that appears to be the size of Jupiter yet is 21.6 times more massive ... and or...
Wed, Oct 8 | from Slashdot

Dense Exoplanet Creates Classification Calamity

Given all the fervor over the definition of Pluto (planet? dwarf planet? snowball?), let's hope the debate over the discovery of a planet that lies in an equally hazy area of classification is a little calmer. The COROT satellite recently discovered an extrasolar planet named Corot-exo...
Mon, Oct 6 | from Universe Today

ESA - Space Science - COROT discovery stirs exoplanet ...

It was launched in December 2006. It carries a 27-cm aperture telescope designed to detect tiny changes in brightness from nearby stars. The mission’s main objectives are to search for exoplanets and to study stellar interiors. ...
Mon, Oct 6 | from European Space Agency

Dynamics of Cats : pending planets

I'm confused by your comments on the COROT planet. If the radius was 1.7 Earth radii, then we'd expect a mass of about 10 Earth masses if the composition was similar to that of the Earth. If the mass was as small as 2 Earth masses, ...
Wed, Oct 1 | from ScienceBlogs

COROT finds what could be Star - Planet Missing Link

Two new exoplanets mean that the COROT mission(1) has now found a total of four new exoplanets in its 510 day journey. COROT started observations of its sixth star field at the beginning of May and, during this observation phase which will last 5 months, will simultaneously observe 12,000...
Thu, May 22 | from 2012 and Planet X

earth's twins - only a matter of time

In little more than a decade, planet hunters have discovered over 200 extra-solar planets. Most, because of today's most common detection techniques, are hot Jupiters, but we already know of several rocky planets that are less than an order of magnitude larger than Earth. As our tools and...
Sat, Jul 14 | from Asa Dotzler - Firefox and more

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