Science news articles about 'european astronomers'

European astronomers said Tuesday that they had discovered the smallest planet yet found orbiting another star.

European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using the European ...

Today, at an international conference, a team of European astronomers announced a remarkable breakthrough in the field of extra-solar planets. Using the HARPS instrument at the ESO La Silla ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- European astronomers say the mysterious "dark matter" may have been detected by the Pamela space probe.

European astronomers said on Wednesday that an anomalous energy signal detected by an orbiting satellite could be a telltale of the enigmatic substance known as dark matter.

LONDON (Reuters) - Detailed data about the smallest planet ever found outside our solar system suggest it is a rocky "super-Earth" world very like our own, European astronomers said on Wednesday.