Main Light detected from distant planet (karma: 1)
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By webmaster  Comments: 253, member since Sun Mar 07, 1999On Mon Nov 22, 1999 05:08 PM
This BBC News Online <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_531000/531486.stm">story</a> explains how astronomers may have captured light reflected off the surface of a very hot planet orbiting Tau Bootes. If confirmed, this would be an astronomical first since previous studies (announced last week) have only detected the passing of a planet which dimmed the light from the star. Actual images of the planet will require the next generation of telescopes.
This BBC News Online <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_531000/531486.stm">story</a> explains how astronomers may have captured light reflected off the surface of a very hot planet orbiting Tau Bootes. If confirmed, this would be an astronomical first since previous studies (announced last week) have only detected the passing of a planet which dimmed the light from the star. Actual images of the planet will require the next generation of telescopes. |
