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Astronomers discover an 'odd couple' of planets

The Kepler spacecraft has detected a pair of extrasolar planets with orbits so close that at times the larger planet looms more than twice the size of the full moon in the second planet's night sky.

Voyager 1 to become first man-made object to leave solar system (+video)

Venus transit 2012: a chance to test Earth-hunting techniques (+video)

4,700 asteroids capable of catastrophic damage lurk near Earth

NASA mission confirms: Ex-asteroid Vesta is a planet that almost was

Asteroid Vesta: Is it really an asteroid?

Planetary wrecking balls: how Jupiter might have destroyed Earth

European Space Agency to explore Jupiter's moons (+video)

Google billionaires announce scheme to mine asteroids (+video)

Why James Cameron and Larry Page want to mine asteroids (+video)

Mars, moon, and star form brilliant sky triangle tonight

Planets found at dawn of universe, but their existence is a mystery

Astronomers say that there are billions of potentially habitable planets in our galaxy (+video)

Photos of asteroid Vesta reveal bright, ancient rock and dark, melted stone

Scientists explain pileups of gigantic alien worlds

Stars create gaps devoid of gas giants, study finds

Jupiter and Venus to dance together this week

Saturn's frigid moon holds wisps of oxygen, scientists say

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and moon to put on rare spectacle in sky

Could free-floating 'nomad' planets carry seeds of life in the universe?

Obama's NASA budget: Mars takes a hit, but space science isn't dead

Is NASA giving up on Mars? (+video)

What makes a planet livable? Five things scientists look for.

Putin hails Antarctic lake discovery as 'great event,' promises awards

Enormous subglacial Lake Vostok could hold clues for alien life