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Direct view of extrasolar planet imminent

7 March 2002

By targeting white dwarfs, British astronomers hope to see a planet around a nearby star in the next six months

Crunch point

16 February 2002

First image of extrasolar "planet" captured

8 January 2002

Planet-hunting astronomers get their first direct view of a body orbiting a star outside our solar system – but it's a whopper

Lostworlds

24 November 2001

Deep freeze

15 June 2001

Chill-out zone

8 June 2001

Planets could be very common around brown dwarfs, but they would be extremely inhospitable

Free spirits

20 April 2001

Is the cosmos teeming with rogue planets without stars to call their own?

Red, willing and able

27 January 2001

Green light for son of Sojourner

4 August 2000

Feedback

28 July 2000