Extrasolar Planets

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

MSNBC reports “First-ever images taken of extrasolar planets”:

Astronomers have taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside of our solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet system and an infrared picture of a multiple-planet system.

Read the linked article for more details and to see the photos.

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About R.P. Nettelhorst

I'm married with three daughters. I live in southern California and I'm the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church. I have written several books. I spent a couple of summers while I was in college working on a kibbutz in Israel. In 2004, I was a volunteer with the Ansari X-Prize at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne. Member of Society of Biblical Literature, American Academy of Religion, and The Authors Guild
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2 Responses to Extrasolar Planets

  1. Don the Baptist says:
    November 13, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    Science marches on!

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  2. Eric says:
    November 13, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    I got the NASA mail. Very cool. Now all we need is warp drive so we can actually travel there.

    Reply

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