Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Alien blue dot spotted: Imager opens new window on exoplanets

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/alien-blue-dot-spotted-imager-opens-new-window-exoplanets-2D11874050

January 7, 2014 - NBC News
The first images from the world's most advanced instrument for seeing planets beyond our solar system show a pale blue dot around an alien star, a faraway dusty disk and a closer-in target: the surface of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.
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