Friday, November 14, 2008

Astronomers capture first images of new planets

November 13, 2008 - CNN
The first-ever pictures of planets outside the solar system have been released in two studies.
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A team of American, British and Canadian astronomers and physicists, using the Gemini North and Keck telescopes on the Mauna Kea mountaintop in Hawaii, observed host star HR8799 to find three of the new planets.
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