LouPhinFan
11-14-2008, 12:18 PM
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Astronomers have taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside of our solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet system and an infrared picture of a multiple-planet system.
Earth-like worlds might also exist in the three-planet system, but if so they are too dim to photograph.
The other newfound planet orbits a star called Fomalhaut, which is visible without the aid of a telescope. It is the 18th brightest star in the sky.
The massive worlds, each much heftier than Jupiter (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (at least for the three-planet system), could change how astronomers define the term "planet," one planet-hunter said...
Very cool. I can't wait until they launch the next-gen space telescopes that can see the smaller planets.
:hi5:
Astronomers have taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside of our solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet system and an infrared picture of a multiple-planet system.
Earth-like worlds might also exist in the three-planet system, but if so they are too dim to photograph.
The other newfound planet orbits a star called Fomalhaut, which is visible without the aid of a telescope. It is the 18th brightest star in the sky.
The massive worlds, each much heftier than Jupiter (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (at least for the three-planet system), could change how astronomers define the term "planet," one planet-hunter said...
Very cool. I can't wait until they launch the next-gen space telescopes that can see the smaller planets.
:hi5: