Article: In search of the Earth mark II; Exoplanets.(Looking for Earth-sized exoplanets)

Article: New technique could find water on Earth-like planets ...
Defense & Aerospace Business;  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... truly is a pale blue dot." Since Earth's colors changed throughout ... million and 33 million miles from Earth, and while it was directly above ... making similar observations for Earth-sized exoplanets, but devising this technique ...

Article: New technique could find water and life on Earth-like ...
Asian News International;  May 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... pale blue dot," he said. Since Earth's colors changed throughout ... million and 33 million miles from Earth, and while it was directly above ... making similar observations for Earth-sized exoplanets, but devising this technique ...

Article: Scientists develop technique to find water outside earth.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  May 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... million and 33 million miles from Earth, and while it was directly above ... making similar observations for Earth-sized exoplanets, but devising this technique ... determine that," he said. "For Earth, the blue varies from one place ...

Article: No place like home.(SCOPE ON THE SKIES)
Science Scope;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... exoplanets--say, the size of Earth? Exoplanets can be detected in ... can be detected by scientists on Earth. If we are in the plane of a ... Kepler Mission The search for Earth-sized exoplanets gains a valuable resource with ...

Article: HOTTEST PLANET EVER FOUND SIZZLES AT 2250 DEGREE CELSIUS
The Hindustan Times;  October 15, 2008 ;     622 words ... ... at 1/40th the distance between the Earth and the Sun. The tight embrace heats ... and dim their host stars as seen from Earth.Extrasolar planets are too dim compared ... break.Astronomers believe Jupiter-sized exoplanets form farther from their stars and then ...

Earth and the moon.
The Handy Astronomy Answer Book;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...EARTH What is Earth? Earth is the third planet in the solar system, orbiting at a distance of about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from the Sun. It is the largest and most massive of the terrestrial planets. Its interior structure ...

Article: Earth Science: Earth in Space
The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference;      700+ words ...00-00-0000 Earth Science: Earth in Space Rotation The Earth rotates around a central axis, approximately identified by the North and South Poles. The Earth's axis tilts 23° 27' (23.5°) away from a line perpendicular ...