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13 November 2008
Exoplanets: spotted!
Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy shares the thrill:
This is incredible: For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured an optical image of a planet orbiting a star like our own.
And that’s not all: we also have a second picture showing TWO planets orbiting a second star!
(Calm down. Breathe, breathe.)
Read the whole post to find out what’s in the picture below:
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