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Earth as seen from the spacecraft's point of view 45 million kilometers away. Scientists are using videos to develop techniques to study alien worlds.

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14351?DCMP=youtube The Moon passes in front of the Earth in this video taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft, now called EPOXI. The continents are much more pronounced because they were imaged through an infrared filter, and vegetation is bright at near-infrared wavelengths (Courtesy of Donald J. Lindler, Sigma Space Corporation/GSFC; EPOCh/DIXI Science Teams)

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14351?DCMP=youtube The Moon passes in front of the Earth in this video taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft, now called EPOXI. The continents are much more pronounced because they were imaged through an infrared filter, and vegetation is bright at near-infrared wavelengths (Courtesy of Donald J. Lindler, Sigma Space Corporation/GSFC; EPOCh/DIXI Science Teams) Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: earth transit deep impact epoxi moon exoplanet alien Added: July 17, 2008

For astronomers, Omega Centauri has been an outcast amongst globular clusters for a long time. A new result obtained by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory provides a surprising explanation for Omega Centauri's peculiarities.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System.

These two worlds have such extreme conditions they make even the wildest planets in our solar system seem mundane by comparison.

Do other planets like Earth exist? To find out, a team of astronomers from the University of California is building a new telescope in the hills east of San Jose. QUEST finds out how the team searches for planets and why it matters.

The Earth-like planet found orbiting a nearby red dwarf star likely holds the ingredients for life, astronomers say.

For the first time in history, an Earth-like planet has been discovered orbiting a distant star.At only one and a half times the radius of Earth, Gliese 581 C is the third and smallest planet to be discovered orbiting a Red Dwarf star located 20.5 light years away in the constellation Libra and the first one to approach the Earths size.  The planet resides in the stars Goldilocks Zone where liquid water and life could occur.  The team of Swiss, French and Portuguese astronomers used the European Southern Observatorys 3.6 m telescope to make this incredible discovery.  See the video for more!