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- noun Plural form of
exoplanet .
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Examples
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"This is an extraordinarily exciting time in exoplanets and distant Earths," Marcy said.
Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way Marc Kaufman 2010
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The "Discoveries of New Worlds" show running at the Manfred Olson Planetarium looks at recent astronomical research into what astronomers call exoplanets, that is, planets orbiting other stars in other galaxies.
JSOnline.com 2009
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The "Discoveries of New Worlds" show running at the Manfred Olson Planetarium looks at recent astronomical research into what astronomers call exoplanets, that is, planets orbiting other stars in other galaxies.
JSOnline.com 2009
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At the annual American Astronomical Society conference this week, each discovery involving so-called "exoplanets" - those outside our solar system - pointed to the same conclusion:
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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At the annual American Astronomical Society conference this week, each discovery involving so-called "exoplanets" - those outside our solar system - pointed to the same conclusion:
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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At the annual American Astronomical Society conference this week, each discovery involving so-called "exoplanets" - those outside our solar system - pointed to the same conclusion:
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At the annual American Astronomical Society conference last week, each discovery involving so-called "exoplanets" - those outside our solar system - pointed to the same conclusion:
Durangoherald.com 2010
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At the annual American Astronomical Society conference this week, each discovery involving so-called "exoplanets" -- those outside our solar system -- pointed to the same conclusion:
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About 330 "exoplanets" -- those circling sun-like stars outside the solar system -- have been discovered since the first was confirmed in 1995.
CNN.com 2009
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About 330 "exoplanets" - those circling sun-like stars outside the solar system - have been discovered since the first was confirmed in 1995.
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