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First image of multi-planet system around Sun-like star taken by ESO – techtoday19
27 Jul 2020Europe’s Very large Telescope photos reveal relatively young, star orbited by two giant exoplanets.The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has taken the first image of a young, “Sun-like” star accompanied by two giant exoplan…
27 Jul 2020
Europe’s Very large Telescope photos reveal relatively young, star orbited by two giant exoplanets.
The European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope (VLT) has taken the first image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, says the ESO, and until now astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to our Sun.
ESO adds that these observations could help as…
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