September 13, 2004

Geek Cool:

And now for something completely out of this world

    By Jack Grant

It appears that astronomers may have been able to take a photo of a planet in another solar system. Here is a false-color photo from the infrared part of the spectrum.

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Image credit ESO/VLT, from Space.com

They are working to confirm that the apparent planet is really just a more distant star from the brown dwarf that is the bright star in the image. If you want the whole story, go to Space.com.

Posted by Jack Grant at 08:24 on 13 September 2004
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