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ASTRONOMERS FIND PLANET ORBITING NEARBY STAR
Posted June 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, this object was not imaged, but betrayed its presence through its gravitational tug on its […]
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PLANET CONSTUCTION ZONE
Posted April 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 Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, scientists released an image of the probable site of planet formation […]
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