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First Four-Exoplanet System Imaged

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the space-is-really-big dept.

Phoghat writes "Among the first exoplanet systems imaged was HR 8799. In 2008, a team led by Christian Marois at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Canada took a picture of the system, directly imaging three giant planets."

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  1. Re:Once the tech process gets better... by macson_g · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let me remind you of the old anti-space colonization argument: The Gobi desert HAS a breathable atmosphere and I don't see people living there.