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Astronomers Find New Planet in Earth's Backyard - CNN

Astronomers have located a planet that orbits the nearby star Epsilon Eridani. Find out why scientists are excited by the news.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/08/04/new.planet.reut/index.html

Astronomers Find New Planets Around Distant Stars - CNN

Researchers have found two bodies less massive than Saturn orbiting distant stars. Find out why this discovery is significant.

http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/03/29/newplanets.ap/index.html

Astronomers Spot Most Distant Object Ever - CNN

Read about a quasar that astronomers have spotted at a distance of 26 billion light years from the Earth.

http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/04/14/space.quasar.reut/index.html

Eleven New Planets Discovered; One in 'Life Zone' - CNN

One of 11 newly discovered planets may dwell in the so-called "inhabitable zone." Find out if such a planet might contain life.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/04/05/new.planets/index.html?s=2

First Data Released From Massive Sky Survey - CNN

Group of researchers is trying to determine how many stars and other celestial objects are in the sky. Look here for the first set of results.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/06/05/sky.survey/index.html

Four New Moons Spotted Around Saturn - CNN

Astronomers have found four more moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet's total of known satellites to 28.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/12/15/saturn.moons/index.html

Jupiter's Moon Io Resembles Earth of Long Ago - CNN

Read about the moon that astronomers call the "most volcanic body in the universe." Find multimedia clips and a message board.

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/19/io.volcan/

NASA Unveils Images of Giant Dog Bone Asteroid - CNN

NASA released images of the asteroid Kleopatra, which measures about the size of New Jersey. Find a movie clip of the asteroid.

http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/05/05/kleopatra/index.html

New Object Deemed Largest Minor Planet - CNN

Astronomers have located the largest minor planet in the solar system, tentatively named 2001 KX76, among the primordial objects known as the Kuiper Belt.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/08/24/minor.planet/

Rare Meteorite Gives Glimpse of Dawn of Creation - CNN

Scientists are drooling over pieces of a meteor that crashed to Earth in January 2000. Find out why it could be such an important discovery.

http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/03/17/yukon.meteor/index.html

Science News - Astronomy.com

Publisher of "Astronomy" magazine offers the latest news on astronomy topics such as the solar system, planets, stars, and space missions.

http://www.astronomy.com/story/story_list.asp?idArticleType=2&idArticleClassification=1

Scientists Find Asteroid Between Neptune, Pluto - CNN

Astronomers have discovered an object that could be the second largest asteroid in the solar system, orbiting between Neptune and Pluto.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/10/24/new.asteroid/index.html

Scientists Look at the Mysterious Side of Mercury - CNN

Scientists have used imaging techniques to sharpen ground-based photos of the planet Mercury.

http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/06/01/mercury.pics/index.html

Scientists Plot Map of Threatening Asteroids - CNN

Astronomers have created a map of asteroids that they believe might someday collide with the Earth. Read about the chances of such a catastrophe.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/06/28/asteroid.map/index.html

Scientists Reveal Nine New Planets - CNN

Astronomers say they have found nine more planets that are orbiting stars outside of our own solar system, bringing the total to 50.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/08/07/space.planets/index.html

Star Swallowed Its Own Planet - CNN

Astronomers spotted a distant star that appeared to ingest one or more of its own planets.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/10/planet.cannibalism/index.html