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Articles 1-19 out of 19 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words Caught in the act? Images may reveal planetary birth. Cowen, Ron Apr 5, 2008 538 One star better than two? Brief Article Jan 21, 2006 278 Origin of planetary systems, planetary satellites and planetary lives on earth. Adetiloye, P.O. Sep 22, 2005 1444 Pebbles from heaven: tracking planets in the making. Cowen, R. Jul 2, 2005 509 Unique follow-up observations carried out with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are providing important supporting evidence for the existence of a candidate planetary companion (five times the mass of Jupiter) to a relatively bright young dwarf star located 225 light-years away in the southern constellation Hydra. Brief Article Jun 1, 2005 102 Roaming giants: did migrating planets shape the solar system? Cowen, Ron May 28, 2005 569 Too darn hot: an abundance of alien earths. Cowen, Ron Mar 26, 2005 2005 Puny Parent? Planets may form around tiny orbs. Cowen, R. Feb 5, 2005 497 Messy findings: planets encounter a violent world. Cowen, Ron Oct 23, 2004 462 Planet signs? Sifting a dusty disk. Cowen, R. Oct 9, 2004 528 Young star's glow suggests planet find. Brief Article Aug 7, 2004 267 Planet shocker. Norlander, Britt Brief Article Sep 22, 2003 140 Is this young star ready to form planets? Cowen, R. Brief Article Nov 24, 2001 538 Two stars, two planetary embryos. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Oct 10, 1998 483 Exploring new worlds: scientists puzzle over extrasolar planets. Cowen, Ron Aug 8, 1998 2632 New dust sheds new light on planetary birth. Smaglik, Paul Brief Article Mar 8, 1997 466 A rocky start: pinning down the time of the solar system's hurly-burly birth. Peterson, Ivars Mar 20, 1993 1860 Hubble scopes possible planet-forming disks. Pendick, Daniel Brief Article Dec 19, 1992 631 New evidence of budding solar system. Cowen, R. Mar 10, 1990 835