
09-12-2004, 04:40 AM
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The first direct image of a planet circling another star may have been obtained by a US-European team of astronomers working at the Very Large Telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory in Chile.
The planet, a gas giant like Jupiter, is orbiting a star 230 light-years away. I’ll take them at their word, but I have to admit that it strains my credulity that they are able to do this.
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