Science news articles about 'candidate planets'

... a remarkable breakthrough in the field of extra-solar planets. Using the HARPS instrument at the ESO La Silla ... HARPS, the astronomers count a total of 45 candidate planets with a mass below 30 Earth ...

... solar system and some sent plunging into the inner planets in an event called the Late Heavy Bombardment. ... Jupiter would fit the observations nicely. A candidate planet near the innermost ring already ...