From the Outside, a World of Celestial Beings
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L-15's work, as seen at the American Primitive Gallery in SoHo, was inspired by alien beings, whom he claims saved his life in the mid-1980's.
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A nearby star thought to harbor comets and asteroids now appears to be home to planets, too. The presumed worlds are smaller than Jupiter and could be as tiny as Pluto, new observations suggest.
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Before spaceprobes could photograph Venus up close, the second planet from the Sun was often compared to a sister world, much like the Earth. Planetary scientist, David Grinspoon, discusses with Astrobiology Magazine how that view evolved to consider the extremes encountered on the Venusian surface.
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European scientists have found a planet circling a distant star that could be home to life. The planet, the first detected so far that is enough like Earth for life to develop, orbits a star called mu Arae in the southern constellation Altar.
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New images of the planet Uranus reveal more diversity in cloud features than ever seen before.
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A discovery now has some astronomers entertaining visions of icy volcanoes roiling on some of the tiny worlds circling beyond Neptune, at least at one time.
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A team of astronomers from the US and the UK obtain some of the clearest pictures of space ever taken.
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A distant speck of light appears to be the first planet outside our solar system to be captured on film. While there is no definitive evidence that the speck is a planet, an international team of astronomers is arguing the case.
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Giant planets and broad bands of dust swirl around seven distant stars in new images captured by two NASA telescopes, both built partly in Colorado.
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SPACE.com / To most common terrestrial dwellers, there's no place like Earth. But new simulations show that many Earth-like planets might exist outside of our solar system.
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Alien worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves, stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The discoveries are so common that more and more don&#39;t even get reported outside scientific circles.
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A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.
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The artist's universe is a room that often contains little more than necessary props and supplies, perhaps a human model and, of course, a window admitting light from the outside world.
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Astronomers capture images of the rings of Uranus as they appear edge-on as viewed from Earth.
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Uranus may not be âthe most boring planetâ in the solar system after all - new images suggest the outer planet experiences weird seasonal weather patterns.
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The surface of one of the brightest stars in the night sky is imaged by scientists.
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By Cheryl Winkelman, STAFF WRITER  We are not alone in the universe if the numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects are to be believed.