Beyond our solar system, planets are waiting to be discovered.

These alien worlds orbit other stars. And astronomers are searching for an Earth twin that might support some form of life, perhaps...

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Astronomer Didier Queloz has jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for physics for his work k on the first confirmation of an "exoplanet" - a planet that orbits a star other than the sun.

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For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life.NASA and the Belgian-led research team announced the news on Wednesday.This cluster of planets is 40...

Cape Canaveral, Florida - 6 March 2009

1. Various, Kepler, pre-launch AUDIO (English) - "countdown ... commentary. Flash as engines start, rocket lifts into nigh
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1. Aerial still of telescope (mute)

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NASA Headquarters - Washington, DC - 4 October 2006

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1. Various of NASA animation of planets

2. NASA animation of Spitzer Space Tele
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Boss, Astronomer, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of...

For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life.NASA and the Belgian-led research team announced the news Wednesday.This cluster of planets is 40...

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Astronomers searching for planets orbiting distant stars have found the smallest planets yet beyond the solar sy
stem.
It's an important step toward being able to detect Earth-sized...

LEADINAn observatory in Morocco's Atlas mountains has been involved in a major scientific breakthrough.Along with telescopes around the world, it has helped discover seven potentially habitable Earth-sized planets.STORYLINE Almost 3,000...

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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - 26 March
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1. Wideshot of panelists at NASA Headquarters

2. Still shot of an artist concept pertaining to new p
lanet
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan P. Boss, Carnegie I
nstitution
"The first detection of the atmosphere of a...

For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life.NASA and the Belgian-led research team announced the news Wednesday.This cluster of planets is 40...

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Swiss scientists, Michel Mayor, who shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, said he found out he was one of the winners "by chance" when he logged onto his computer after leaving his hotel in San Sebastian, in northern Spain.

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