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Astronomers image lowest-mass exoplanet around a sun-like star Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:36 PM PDT Using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, an international team of astronomers has imaged a giant planet around the bright star GJ 504. Several times the mass of Jupiter and similar in size, the new world, dubbed GJ 504b, is the lowest-mass planet ever detected around a star like the sun using direct imaging techniques. |
New research aids ability to predict solar storms, protect Earth Posted: 05 Aug 2013 06:20 AM PDT Three new solar modeling developments are bringing scientists closer to being able to predict the occurrence and timing of coronal mass ejections from the sun. |
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