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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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Published in:Economist Vol. 389; no. 8606; p. 95
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 11/15/2008
Subjects:
Space research
Information processing
A stars
Imaging systems
Extrasolar planets
Astronomical research
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