Thursday, August 8, 2013

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News


Subaru Telescope’s imaging discovery of a 'second Jupiter' shows the power and significance of the SEEDS project

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 06:43 AM PDT

Astronomers have recently discovered and captured an image of the least massive planet ever imaged so far -- a so-called "second Jupiter". This discovery marks an important step toward the direct imaging of much fainter Earth-like planets in the future and may lead to new models of planet formation.

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