Read more planet stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1460/planet.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:07:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73917/nasa-will-try-to-free-rover-stuck-on-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHelp is on the way, rover. NASA will attempt to free the Mars rover Spirit from its sand-trap prison on Monday. The plucky machine got stuck in April—“the equivalent of falling through the ice over a frozen pond," says a NASA official. Spirit has been exploring Mars for 6...http://www.newser.com/story/73917/nasa-will-try-to-free-rover-stuck-on-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72080/32-new-exoplanets-discovered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEuropean astronomers have discovered 32 new planets in other solar systems, bringing the total of known exoplanets to over 400. The planets—which range in size from five times the size of Earth to five times the size of Jupiter—were found circling a variety of stars. The new discoveries...http://www.newser.com/story/72080/32-new-exoplanets-discovered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 3:23:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71169/mammoth-ring-found-around-saturn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a colossal ring around Saturn, the biggest planetary ring yet found. It's enormous even by solar system standards: Among the analogies being used to make it clear to our little earthly minds is that it would take 1 billion Earths to fill it. "This thing is just...http://www.newser.com/story/71169/mammoth-ring-found-around-saturn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 12:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67863/new-planet-expected-to-crash-and-burn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists in the UK have discovered a planet that defies the laws of physics, the Independent reports. WASP-18b, which is orbiting a star 1,000 light years from Earth, is so big and close to the sun that it should be pulled toward it. "The spin of the star is...http://www.newser.com/story/67863/new-planet-expected-to-crash-and-burn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 10:44:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66958/aussies-to-zap-text-messages-at-mystery-planet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Australian science magazine is soliciting text messages to send to a mysterious planet more than 20 light-years away, Space.com reports. Called "Hello from Earth," the project aims to transmit 160-character missives to Gliese 581d, a so-called "Super Earth" discovered 2 years ago. "Will we get a reply? No...http://www.newser.com/story/66958/aussies-to-zap-text-messages-at-mystery-planet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 17:55:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66587/saturns-rings-vanish-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturn's rings will disappear from sight for three months starting today, Space.com reports. The rings, 170,000 miles long but only 30 feet thick, are visible because they reflect sunlight. But they vanish once every 15 years as equinoxes occur in its 30-year orbit and the rings are directly...http://www.newser.com/story/66587/saturns-rings-vanish-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 2:14:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65848/mysterious-bright-spot-appears-on-venus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAstronomers are puzzling over a strange white spot that recently appeared in the clouds of Venus, the BBC reports. The European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft confirmed the spot, originally noticed by an amateur stargazer on July 19. Data suggests it appeared 4 days before that and has been steadily...http://www.newser.com/story/65848/mysterious-bright-spot-appears-on-venus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 10:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64909/jupiter-slammed-by-mystery-object.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA massive mysterious object scientists believe may be a comet slammed into Jupiter yesterday, AP reports. The Earth-size impact "scar" left by the object was caught on NASA's powerful infrared telescope in Hawaii. The agency was alerted to the new mark on the planet by an amateur astronomer in England...http://www.newser.com/story/64909/jupiter-slammed-by-mystery-object.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 3:58:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57709/surprise-mercury-has-a-personality.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMercury's not such a dull planet after all. A new batch of papers in Science spells out evidence of a busy volcanic past and describes an unusual impact crater that would stretch from Boston to DC, reports Wired . The papers, which draw from the October flyby of NASA's Messenger craft,...http://www.newser.com/story/57709/surprise-mercury-has-a-personality.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 20:35:08 CDT