Photo of First Extra-Solar Planet?

Anonymous Coward writes "According to NASA 'A major discovery from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope about a planet outside our Solar System will be announced in a Space Science Update on 27 November. The discovery marks an important new capability in efforts to uncover secrets about these newly discovered extrasolar planets.' Given the names of the individuals listed as speakers at this event, plus previous press releases and published papers, it is likely that the topic of discussion will focus upon planet(s) circling the sunlike star HD 209458."

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Re:Photo of First Extra-Solar Planet?

[redcliffe]

Yes, but what it proved was that the technique of detecting life worked. If you detect another world with similiar lifesigns, you can assume that carbon/water based life exists there.

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[Sandlund]

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011127/ts/space_ planet_atmosphere_dc_2.html