Research findings

Alien planets for everyone!

by Anonymous on Oct. 19th, 2009

Artist conception of exoplanet
Artist conception of exoplanetCourtesy NASA/JPL-CaltechThe European Southern Observatory just announced that its High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) has detected several new exoplanets orbiting distant star systems. Learn more here, and look for a rise in Name-Your-Own-Planet scams this coming holiday season.

More info about exoplanets at California Planet Search

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