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Posted: November 14, 2008 |
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Scientists have for the first time snapped a picture of multiple planets orbiting a star other than the sun. Researchers using the Keck and Gemini telescopes found three planets, each bigger than Jupiter, circling the star HR8799. In other news, the Hubble Space Telescope found a planet orbiting Fomalhaut, a bright star only 25 light years away.
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| Three new planets |
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| This image, made by combining three wavelengths of near-infrared light, shows the three planets (b, c and d). The planets are between seven and ten times bigger than Jupiter. The colors in the middle represent light from the star. |
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| Photo Credit: National Research Council Canada |
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