These mechanical devices that show the relative placement and movement of the planets and moons are sometimes called orreries.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

Scientists say extensive observations from earth-based telescopes are needed to confirm the existence of the planets.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

Yale University astronomer Debra Fischer says non-professional astronomers around the world are helping study the new information about the possible planets.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

NASA scientists using the Kepler space telescope also announced the discovery of six planets orbiting a star called Kepler-11.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

A planetarium is a theater with a rounded ceiling onto which images of the stars and planets are projected.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

We will also tell about a historic record of rainy seasons in Asia, and the search for life on other planets.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Some scientists have called Jupiter the protector of the inner planets and our own Earth -- from objects from the outer solar system.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The Kepler space telescope looks for planets by measuring tiny decreases in the brightness of stars when planets cross in front of them.

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And what does that mean? It means I am trained in geology, but with interests in the other planets and Mars in particular."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Historians say the Italian scientist and mathematician may not have been the first to get a good look at the moon and planets.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

NASA scientists say the Earth-like planets are among one thousand two hundred thirty-five possible planets orbiting other stars that have been discovered so far.

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Mr.Lissauer says the five inner planets are among the smallest confirmed planets beyond our solar system.

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But the Kepler mission's chief scientist, William Borucki,says eighty percent of the possible planets will probably be confirmed in the coming months and years.

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Or Venus? Or on any of the other planets either inside or outside our solar system?

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Still another is the crash of large asteroids, minor planets that fall to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.17