First sighting.

The article examines astronomy research into exoplanets, or planets which orbit stars outside the solar system. The first images of such exoplanets, which orbit a star 128 light-years from Earth, have been created from high-altitude telescopes in Hawaii. Computer image processing techniques allow sc...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 389; no. 8606; p. 95
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 11/15/2008
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Sumario:The article examines astronomy research into exoplanets, or planets which orbit stars outside the solar system. The first images of such exoplanets, which orbit a star 128 light-years from Earth, have been created from high-altitude telescopes in Hawaii. Computer image processing techniques allow scientists to separate the light transmission of the exoplanets from that of the star.