1998 Press Releases

ASTRONOMERS FIND PLANET ORBITING NEARBY STAR

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Jun 1, 1998

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (June 1st, 1998) Two teams of astronomers this week reported that one of the sun’s nearest neighbors—a star just 15 light-years from Earth—possesses a planet 1.6 times as massive as Jupiter. As with other planets recently discovered,…

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PLANET CONSTUCTION ZONE

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Apr 1, 1998

WASHINGTON, D.C (April 1st, 1998) NASA astronomers using the new Keck II telescope in Hawaii have discovered what appears to be the clearest evidence yet of a budding solar system around a nearby star. At a press conference held in…

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