First pictures of extrasolar planets!
Filed under General • 13-11-2008 •
Phil Plait has news of an exciting development in astronomy - the first optical images of planets orbiting other stars.
Yet there they are, proof that our planetary system is not the only one in the Universe… There, with your own eyes, you can see for yourself that other planets exist. They are not Earthlike, not even a little… they are massive, young, hot planets that are probably mostly gaseous and completely inhospitable. But there they are.
Read the full story (and see the pictures) on Phil’s Discover Magazine blog: http://tinyurl.com/6lvxru
