Friday, February 8, 2008

Dusty Disk Around Nearby Star May Hide Earth-like Planet

Have researches discovered a planet much like earth hidden in the stars? According to this article, the answer appears to be an emphatic 'Yes!'" Researches have noted that the conditions are close to perfect around a nearby star for the likely formation of a planet.

“A recent survey by a team of Japanese astronomers may have found an Earth-like planet hidden in the dust around a nearby star. Using the Coronagraphic Imager with Adaptive Optics (CIAO) at the Subaru Telescope, researchers recently resolved a circumstellar disk around the young lightweight star FN Tau.”

You can read the full article here: http://www.astrobiology.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=24721

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